Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:35:36 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | | Subject | Re: kernel support for non-English user messages |
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Riley Williams wrote: > > Whilst I agree with the general sentiments above, any such code would > require some sort of code attached to each message for it to look up,
No.
I've used VMS, and error code number encoding is a total heap of crap.
If you can't translate the message based on the _message_, then don't bother. I'm not adding codes for different errors, it becomes just an unreadable mess, and adds _zero_ to stability or readability, and it's horrible for maintenance - suddenly you need to worry about silly numbers for anything you print out, so you stop printing stuff or you re-use codes that don't make sense.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. This is one of those "good intentions" things - it sounds like it's a nice helper thing, but it's nothing but a load of maintenance headaches and causes horrible printout headaches.
Linus
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