[Jeff Foster <jfoste@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I was looking to generate a list of error messages out of the source code,
> and I noticed a lot of duplication of error messages, many of which are
the
> same or similar.
> 
> Can we not extract the error messages to a single include file or .c file
> and access them via enums or something like that?
> 
> Then the one source file can be maintained for both.

I agree with Richard.  The idea of moving all messages to one file would
force
reuse of the messages, allow a more consistant message format, and make it
easier
to port(?) the messages to a different language.  I also suggest the we
include
some sort of message number system, so people using different languages
could 
reference a message by the number and don't have to translate it to
communicate
about a problem.


Jeff Foster
jfoste@xxxxxxxxxxxx