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Re: I wish Apple would follow its own advice
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Re: I wish Apple would follow its own advice


  • Subject: Re: I wish Apple would follow its own advice
  • From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:49:17 -0700
  • Thread-topic: I wish Apple would follow its own advice

On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:20:48 -0500, "John C. Welch" <email@hidden> said:
>On 10/2/05 10:52, "Michelle Steiner" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> another example:
>>
>> Provide good error messages.
>>
>> Cocoa Scripting¹s default error messages are written in generic
>> programmerese (such as ³NSReceiverEvaluationScriptError: 4²)

>Oh lord the damned NS*ScriptError messages

To be fair, if you're going to make your app scriptable thru Cocoa
Scripting, these are almost impossible to prevent. Until Cocoa Scripting
itself is improved, these will tend to show up. It's a poor craftsman who
blames his tools, I know, but in this case the tools are really to blame. m.

--
matt neuburg, phd = email@hidden, <http://www.tidbits.com/matt/>
A fool + a tool + an autorelease pool = cool!
AppleScript: the Definitive Guide
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005571/somethingsbymatt>



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