[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] alsdec: Consistently use an exclamation mark for error messages.

[Thilo Borgmann]

Am 05.01.13 22:35, schrieb Stefano Sabatini:
> On date Saturday 2013-01-05 17:54:19 +0100, Thilo Borgmann encoded:
>> Am 05.01.13 16:54, schrieb Stefano Sabatini:
>>> On date Saturday 2013-01-05 15:53:07 +0100, Thilo Borgmann encoded:
>>>> For consistency...
>>>>
>>>> -Thilo
>>>
>>>> From 67d5795b8fc0ffc6eccffc45bca22e9303a4fe8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>> From: Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann at googlemail.com>
>>>> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 15:38:06 +0100
>>>> Subject: [PATCH] alsdec: Consistently use an exclamation mark for error messages.
>>>
>>> Why this?!
>>>
>>> Seriously, we shouldn't scary users in case of errors! Also it is not
>>> very consistent with the rest of the codebase error messages! Did you
>>> see it?!
>>
>> I see it is consistent within the als decoder what has never been complained
>> about. These are some error messages where no ! has been in use yet, there have
>> already been more with a ! in use.
>>
>> I don't see how a ! scares someone. An error should not go unnoticed and that is
>> what a ! shall express. Yes, this is enough content for a looong discussion though.
>>
>> I would like to follow any global log-message rule we have but I'm not aware of
>> any, have we? So all I can do is to keep my littly maintainance universe as
>> pretty as possible.
> 
> Man, do as you prefer, it just reads a bit strange to see "!"  at the
> end of an error message, and it activates a subconscious alarm bell in
> the reader, not that I'm saying that is important, just that I'd
> rather remove all the "!" which seems more consistent with the rest of
> the codebase.

I'm without emotion here. I will post a patch to have a period at the end if
this is more consistent with the rest which is reason enough for me.

-Thilo