I lean on the side of more descriptive error messages - at this point, our code base is large enough that the impact it would have on jar sizes should be a drop in the bucket.
-T On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >I like nice descriptive text in my stack traces, the more the merrier. > >Very useful when debugging log files. > > > >I'd like to update the various IllegalStateExceptions in pivot/core to > >be more descriptive about the problematic parameters. > > > >Any objections? > > Yes and no. While more descriptive error messages can be more helpful, they > can also increase overall JAR size. Use your best judgement to determine > when more or less detail might be appropriate. > >
