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From: Maciej Sobczak <no.spam@no.spam.com>
Subject: Re: Structured exception information
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:14:40 +0100
Date: 2007-01-22T10:14:40+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ep1va1$non$1@cernne03.cern.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wccr6tot047.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>

Robert A Duff wrote:

>> It's much better to trucate a String to 200 bytes than some
>> user-defined type.
> 
> Indeed.  If a limit is needed (I don't think so), then truncation is
> tolerable for Strings

It is not tolerable if the message contains anything more than a prose. 
If the programmer needs to build the string message out of other 
components (what was suggested in this thread), then truncating the 
message is about the same good idea as truncating the amount in bank 
account or rounding coordinates for a spaceship. That's the problem.

-- 
Maciej Sobczak : http://www.msobczak.com/
Programming    : http://www.msobczak.com/prog/



  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-22  9:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 181+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-15 13:44 Structured exception information Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-15 17:17 ` claude.simon
2007-01-16  9:04   ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-16 22:39     ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-15 17:28 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-15 18:29   ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-15 19:44     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-15 20:06       ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-15 21:56         ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-15 22:32           ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-16 18:36             ` Ray Blaak
2007-01-16 19:18               ` C# versus Ada (was: Structured exception information) Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-16 23:29                 ` C# versus Ada Markus E Leypold
2007-01-18 10:22                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-17 18:14                 ` C# versus Ada (was: Structured exception information) Ray Blaak
2007-01-16 23:27               ` Structured exception information Markus E Leypold
2007-01-17  7:28               ` Martin Krischik
2007-01-16 22:36             ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-17 16:12               ` Bob Spooner
2007-01-17 23:42                 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-16  9:11           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-16 10:45             ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-16 13:26               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-16 14:44                 ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-16 15:15                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-16 17:50             ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-16 18:31               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-16 22:52                 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-17  8:58                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-17 18:38                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-17 23:18                       ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-17 23:46                         ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-18  6:34                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19  7:34                           ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-19 13:52                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-19 18:57                               ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19 19:57                                 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-20 20:59                                   ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18  9:55                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-18 18:28                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-17 23:36                     ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-18 10:16                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-15 22:19     ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-16 13:12       ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-15 22:42 ` Adam Beneschan
2007-01-15 23:22   ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-16  6:03     ` tmoran
2007-01-16 13:30 ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-16 14:33   ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-16 14:45     ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-16 17:54     ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-16 22:55       ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-17 12:10     ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-17 14:05       ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-19  9:47         ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-19 11:03           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-20 15:04             ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-21 10:40               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-23  7:28                 ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-23 14:21                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-25  2:39                     ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-19 13:36           ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-20 15:33             ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-20 16:33               ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-21 22:42                 ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-21 23:45                   ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-22  9:14                     ` Maciej Sobczak [this message]
2007-01-23  7:33                     ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-23 15:07                       ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-23 15:54                         ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-23 17:10                           ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-23 23:59                       ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-22  9:28               ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-23  9:46                 ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-23 14:18                   ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-25  2:32                     ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-25  8:53                       ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-26  9:35                         ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-26 11:16                           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-26 13:46                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-27 18:17                             ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-28 12:38                               ` Simon Wright
2007-01-28 12:39                               ` Simon Wright
2007-01-28 13:18                               ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-28 15:44                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-28 21:48                                 ` Ray Blaak
2007-01-28 18:50                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-30  2:15                                 ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-31 18:58                                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-02-01 12:20                                     ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-01 14:17                                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-25 21:52                       ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-24  0:10                   ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-24 14:17                     ` Wasteful internationalization (Was: Structured exception information) Alex R. Mosteo
2007-01-24 14:49                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-24 23:48                         ` Wasteful internationalization Björn Persson
2007-01-25  9:45                           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-24 21:03                       ` Wasteful internationalization (Was: Structured exception information) Randy Brukardt
2007-01-25 11:17                         ` Alex R. Mosteo
2007-01-25 21:37                           ` Wasteful internationalization Björn Persson
2007-01-25 21:57                           ` Wasteful internationalization (Was: Structured exception information) Randy Brukardt
2007-01-26  9:13                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-26 12:12                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-27  4:09                               ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-27 17:15                             ` Wasteful internationalization Stephen Leake
2007-01-27 20:44                               ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-28  0:09                                 ` Björn Persson
2007-01-28  1:08                                   ` Björn Persson
2007-01-28 15:21                                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-29  1:23                                       ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-29 19:02                                         ` Björn Persson
2007-01-29 20:19                                           ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-02-01  6:23                                             ` Simon Wright
2007-02-03  0:48                                             ` Björn Persson
2007-02-03  1:04                                               ` Adam Beneschan
2007-02-03 11:52                                                 ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-02-03  2:36                                               ` Markus E Leypold
2007-02-03  2:37                                                 ` Markus E Leypold
2007-02-03 19:59                                                 ` Björn Persson
2007-02-03 20:16                                                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-02-05 19:26                                                     ` Björn Persson
2007-02-04  4:51                                                   ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-02-05 19:27                                                     ` Björn Persson
2007-02-06  1:32                                                   ` Randy Brukardt
2007-02-06  1:54                                                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-02-07  1:55                                                       ` Björn Persson
2007-02-07  2:20                                                         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-02-12  1:33                                                           ` Björn Persson
2007-02-12  8:16                                                             ` Franz Kruse
2007-02-12  9:20                                                             ` Not at all wasteful internationalization Martin Krischik
2007-02-12 11:08                                                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-02-12 13:02                                                                 ` Martin Krischik
2007-02-07 20:39                                                         ` Wasteful internationalization Randy Brukardt
2007-02-08 13:33                                                           ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-12  2:42                                                           ` Björn Persson
2007-02-06 11:01                                                     ` Peter Hermann
2007-02-06 19:02                                                     ` OT: Flash (was: Re: Wasteful internationalization) Jeffrey R. Carter
2007-02-06 19:40                                                       ` OT: Flash Markus E Leypold
2007-02-03 11:51                                               ` Wasteful internationalization Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-29 18:54                                       ` Björn Persson
2007-01-29 19:03                                         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-30 17:46                                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-30 19:37                                             ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-30 20:43                                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-30 20:50                                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-30 21:54                                                 ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-31 11:26                                               ` Alex R. Mosteo
2007-01-31 15:17                                                 ` Markus E Leypold
2007-02-03  0:49                                                 ` Björn Persson
2007-02-03 16:05                                                   ` Alex R. Mosteo
2007-02-03  0:48                                               ` Björn Persson
2007-02-01 12:08                                             ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-03  0:49                                               ` Björn Persson
2007-02-03  9:46                                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-02-03 18:48                                                 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-03 20:27                                                   ` Björn Persson
2007-01-30  2:20                                       ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-30 10:01                         ` Wasteful internationalization (Was: Structured exception information) Harald Korneliussen
2007-01-19 15:45           ` Structured exception information Robert A Duff
2007-01-20 16:08             ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-20 21:59               ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-19 18:14           ` Ray Blaak
2007-01-19 20:07           ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-20 16:16             ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-20 21:20               ` Ray Blaak
2007-01-21 22:34                 ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-20 22:07               ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-21 10:45                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-21 23:51                   ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-22 14:39                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-22 19:02                       ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-23 14:23                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-29  1:30   ` Brian May
2007-01-16 13:30 ` Structured exception information (task, ANEX E) Martin Krischik
2007-01-16 23:07   ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-19 16:01   ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-22  7:17     ` Martin Krischik
2007-01-22 19:40       ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-16 15:48 ` Structured exception information Alex R. Mosteo
2007-01-16 18:07   ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-17  6:38     ` Duncan Sands
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