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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: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:48:02 -0500
  • Thread-topic: I wish Apple would follow its own advice

On 10/3/05 14:49, "Matt Neuburg" <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.

That's why I yell at the toolmaker ;-)

--
Estne tibi forte magna feles fulva et planissima?
(Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat?)

Jeff La Grua


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