can we avoid using contractions in GDB messages? (was: "[commit] symfile.c (simple_overlay_update): Check for null return.")
Joel Brobecker
brobecker@adacore.com
Mon Mar 7 11:07:00 GMT 2011
Just a suggestion. It's really a detail, and I won't push for us
to adopt this suggestion, but:
> + if (minsym == NULL)
> + error (_("Error reading inferior's overlay table: couldn't "
> + "find `_ovly_table' array\n"
> + "in inferior. Use `overlay manual' mode."));
I'm not very fond of contractions in error messages (or any message
printed by GDB). I know there is plenty of "prior art" of our use
of contractions in the output, but I just think it looks better to
spell words completely. For the future, can we agree on avoiding
contractions?
--
Joel
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