[m-dev.] another coloring question: should we color "predicate" and "function" before names

[Julien Fischer]

On Sun, 19 May 2024 at 11:10, Zoltan Somogyi <zoltan.somogyi at runbox.com>
wrote:

> The attached .err file has two error messages, on lines 8 and 9,
> about the same predicate. Both messages refer to "predicate `exp1'/0".
> Both color "`exp1'/0" as the subject of the error message. One includes
> the word "predicate" in that coloring, the other does not.
> Both approaches are justifiable, but in this case, I don't think
> it is a good idea to have different error messages differ
> in what they color: we should either color "predicate"
> (and of course "function" in other cases") together with the symname
> and arity, or not, in all diagnostics, or at least all diagnostics
> where the func vs pred distinction is itself the error being
> reported.
>
> I slightly prefer the approach of *not* coloring "predicate"
> in such cases, simply to reduce the resemblance between
> our diagnostics and ransom notes. However, I would like to know
> whether anyone objects to this approach, because adopting
> the approach requires changing the interface of the utility function
> describe_one_pred_name,


No objections from me.

Julien.
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