Re: [PATCH] svn info - changing hard coded error message to specific one.

From: C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:48:57 -0500

On 12/23/2010 07:27 AM, Julian Foad wrote:
>>From IRC:
>
> <Bert> julianf: We changed error codes in libsvn_wc all over the place.
> I don't think we see strict error codes as part of the documented
> behavior, unless it is in the function documentation

I agree with this. Any time a specific error code is intended for use by an
API function as a specific message to the caller, we document that fact and
that behavior becomes part of the contract. Undocumented error codes are
fair game for changing over time.

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