The HTTP status code system seems to work well enough, and seems to give the best of both worlds. A 3 digit numeric code that is machine-readable, and a freeform text note for humans.
The clever part about that system was in realizing that the numeric codes didn't need to account for every possible error. They just need to give the other node the most useful information, like "try that again later, I'm having a temporary problem" vs. "That is just plain wrong and it will still be wrong next time too, so don't bother to retry". We can leave it to the humans to puzzle out the meaning of "403: values of txid gives rise to dom!" Gavin wrote: > > On Oct 26, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Jean-Paul Kogelman <jeanpaulkogel...@me.com> > wrote: > >> Would it make sense to use either fixed length strings or maybe even enums? > No. Enums or fixed length strings just make it harder to extend, for no > benefit (bandwidth of 'reject' messages doesn't matter, they will be rare and > are not relayed). > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > October Webinars: Code for Performance > Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from > the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
