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title="NEW - Tidy up llvm-objcopy error messages"
href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40859">40859</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Tidy up llvm-objcopy error messages
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<th>Product</th>
<td>tools
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<th>Version</th>
<td>trunk
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>PC
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Windows NT
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>P
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<th>Component</th>
<td>llvm-objcopy
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>unassignedbugs@nondot.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>jh7370.2008@my.bristol.ac.uk
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<td>alexander.v.shaposhnikov@gmail.com, jake.h.ehrlich@gmail.com, jh7370.2008@my.bristol.ac.uk, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org, rupprecht@google.com
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<pre>We are a bit inconsistent in our error messages in llvm-objcopy. Some examples
that I know of:
1) Some end in trailing full stops. Others don't. I think the norm outside the
to is to not have full stops, but I don't really mind which it is, as long as
it is consistent.
2) Symbol names are sometimes quoted and other times not. Section names are
never quoted. I think we should adopt a consistent quoting scheme for both and
always use it. Both section and symbol names can theoretically contain spaces
(especially if we choose to start printing demangled symbol names at a later
point). I'd recommend something like single quotes for symbol names and double
quotes for section names, but I'm open to other schemes.
3) Don't know what the state of this one is, but capitalization of the first
word in the error message should be identical throughout. I think lower-case is
more normal outside the tool, but I'm not sure.</pre>
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