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List:       outages
Subject:    [Outages-discussion] REMINDER: Error messages should include parameters
From:       Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink ! com>
Date:       2013-10-15 22:17:32
Message-ID: 18571323.1695.1381875452378.JavaMail.root () benjamin ! baylink ! com
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Off the Yahoo MX discussion, just a reminder for those who write code:

*Always* include the parameters in the error message; pronouns and
implicit references are Evil, Bad and Wrong.  The 30 seconds you take to
add the actual name of what you can't find/talk to could save some sysadmin
*weeks* (I am not making that up; something once took me weeks).

We now return you to your normal router configuration conversations.

Cheers,
-- jra
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