[v8.x backport] doc: make error descriptions more concise #17767
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Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when" or wordier variations. Change errors of the form: > Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid. ...to: > The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid. Change errors of the form: > The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on > a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a > specified column. ...to: > A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without > a specified column. PR-URL: nodejs#16954 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de> Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
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Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when" or wordier variations. Change errors of the form: > Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid. ...to: > The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid. Change errors of the form: > The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on > a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a > specified column. ...to: > A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without > a specified column. PR-URL: #16954 Backport-PR-URL: #17767 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de> Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
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Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when" or wordier variations. Change errors of the form: > Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid. ...to: > The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid. Change errors of the form: > The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on > a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a > specified column. ...to: > A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without > a specified column. PR-URL: #16954 Backport-PR-URL: #17767 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de> Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
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Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when" or wordier variations. Change errors of the form: > Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid. ...to: > The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid. Change errors of the form: > The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on > a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a > specified column. ...to: > A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without > a specified column. PR-URL: #16954 Backport-PR-URL: #17767 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de> Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
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Backport of #16954
Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when"
or wordier variations.
Change errors of the form:
...to:
Change errors of the form:
...to:
PR-URL: #16954
Reviewed-By: James M Snell jasnell@gmail.com
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil gpunathi@in.ibm.com
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum benjamingr@gmail.com
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen tniessen@tnie.de
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung joyeec9h3@gmail.com
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make -j4 test(UNIX), orvcbuild test(Windows) passesAffected core subsystem(s)
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