[HN Gopher] Do Developers Read Compiler Error Messages? [pdf]
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       Do Developers Read Compiler Error Messages? [pdf]
        
       Author : ingve
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2021-07-30 13:15 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | RyJones wrote:
       | Probably not? For one project I worked on, I had the build
       | process emit a message: "please upgrade to foo bar version 2"
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       | One of the top questions on stack overflow was "how do I fix
       | this?"
       | 
       | How about... upgrade?
        
         | krisoft wrote:
         | Build processes output a lot of useless junk messages all the
         | time. First challenge is to make the relevant line stand out.
         | Our build in a similar situation uses a cowsay ascii art where
         | the cow tells you that your foobar is out of date. Stands out
         | very clearly. Also makes it clear that this is not just some
         | obscure system grumbling but that this is a very intentional
         | message from your colleagues.
         | 
         | The other thing "how do i fix this?" might mean is that the
         | person asking doesn't know how to update their foobar. Our
         | system state the exact command the developer has to run to get
         | their foobar to the correct version. No guesswork needed. Saves
         | a ton of time.
        
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