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doc/effective_go: add a note about prefixing error strings with their

package name.

R=r, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4630042
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Nigel Tao 2011-06-17 10:51:10 +10:00
parent 278952c393
commit ca91ce2d85

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@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ Since the whole declaration is presented, such a comment can often be perfunctor
<pre>
// Error codes returned by failures to parse an expression.
var (
ErrInternal = os.NewError("internal error")
ErrUnmatchedLpar = os.NewError("unmatched '('")
ErrUnmatchedRpar = os.NewError("unmatched ')'")
ErrInternal = os.NewError("regexp: internal error")
ErrUnmatchedLpar = os.NewError("regexp: unmatched '('")
ErrUnmatchedRpar = os.NewError("regexp: unmatched ')'")
...
)
</pre>
@ -2673,6 +2673,13 @@ it is much more informative than the plain
"no such file or directory".
</p>
<p>
When feasible, error strings should identify their origin, such as by having
a prefix naming the package that generated the error. For example, in package
image, the string representation for a decoding error due to an unknown format
is "image: unknown format".
</p>
<p>
Callers that care about the precise error details can
use a type switch or a type assertion to look for specific