The trouble is, it's so much easier to
Just code
"... ELSE CRT @(00,24):'***ERROR*** end date must not be before start
date' "
Than
<look up error number in a list. Darn, it's not there, assign a new
number, update the list, document the change>
Now code
" ... ELSE ErrorCode = '123456'; ErrorText = ''
CALL ErrorLookup (ErrorCode, ErrorText)
CRT AtErrMsgPosn:'***ERROR*** ':ErrorText "
In my experience, programmers tend to revert to the former even when
there's a provided way of doing the latter, particularly for what they
consider to be unlikely errors.
You'll only catch this if your Quality Assurance actions include code
review.
And most of us don't do that
Regards
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org
> [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of
> Charlie Noah
> Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 10:53
> To: U2 Users List
> Subject: Re: [U2] Clear Message Initiative - Logging Errors
> to a U2 File
>
> This is indeed an excellent article. Thanks, Susan! Error
> messages certainly get ignored, and I'm as guilty as rest.
>
> Charlie Noah
>
>
> On 02-09-2011 2:02 PM, Bill Brutzman wrote:
> > Thanks to Susan Joslyn for the excellent article on the
> "Clear Message Initiative. I just received my copy of the
> magazine in the mail today.
> >
> > It happens that over the weekend, I was reading "Code
> Complete 2" by Steve McConnell of Construx. Following an
> idea in Code Complete...
> >
> > Yesterday, I told my boss that I am planning to enhance the
> clarity of our error messages, send a workflow message to
> others who would need to know about that problem and also to
> LOG THE ERROR MESSAGE to a U2 file, user, time, date etc.
> >
> > --Bill
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