Yes - great example. The point is for mechanical means, but familiarity
for users - we don't want them to be "uncomfortable" when using the
Harmony class library - we want it to feel the same as when they use it
from Sun...
geir
Mark Hindess wrote:
I thought my first message in this thread made this clear but obviously not.
I'm not suggesting that code would care if the exception messages are
identical. I was suggesting that it is probably now quite common for
users to type error messages straight in to google. Therefore having
messages match those of existing implementations would help our users
find the cause of an exception.
Regards,
Mark.
On 4/18/06, Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 18 April 2006 09:37, Mark Hindess wrote:
Are you saying that Classpath does match strings in exceptions?
No. Ah, I see: the "do" in Geir's question stood for "what is Classpath's
policy wrt to exception messages matching those of the RI?". Then I don't
speak authoritatively, but I've never noticed Classpath going out of its way
to be compatible at this level. But then I would never write code which
depended on the precise contents of an exception message ...
Sorry for the confusion,
Chris
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