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Tom Christiansen writes: > >Tom Christiansen writes: > > > >I would prefer warnings the way they used to be, if it's that hard. > > > > > > The "used to be" way was less information. That's just stupid. If > > > the kiddies aren't old enough to know the truth, tell them to use > > > BASIC. > > >Less information is better than wrong information. > > This is the last time I'm going to say it: it's not wrong information. > You just don't understand why it's right. There are millions of > cases like this. I understand perfectly well why it says that. But it's still wrong because the warning message is telling the user that there is a "." which is causing a problem on such-and-such line. There is no "." (or if there is, it isn't what it's complaining about). Therefore it is wrong. QED. --Bill. -- William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The secret of being creative is making something that's not very new but just a little bit different in the right direction - Marvin MinskyThread Previous | Thread Next