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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Error reporting and hints for missing modules
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Error reporting and hints for missing modules |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Nov 2017 23:00:31 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Julien Lepiller <address@hidden> skribis:
> I saw that last hint today buveuse I misspelled a type name
> (dovecot-configurtation). I understand the hint is great when you forget to
> import a service module, but it's not so great when the error is misspelling.
> Maybe the solution would be: if the unbound variable is the name of a
> service, propose using that module, otherwise don't show any hint.
A hint is nothing more than that, a hint (as opposed to a “solution”),
but maybe you’re right about removing the “Did you forget ‘use-modules’”
hint.
Thoughts?
(Misspelling is where we’d need something using the Levensthein
distance. I’m sure one could do a PhD on this topic. :-))
Ludo’.
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