Re: [PATCH] Re: [setup] Inaccurate message: See /setup.log.full

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>> just do: < return "the log"; >, and remove the bad_file variable?
>
> Hmm.  Personally, I prefer to use named constants whenever possible.

It seems a little silly to use a constant when it is required only once.

> However, static variables aren't the way to go -- I must have been
> programming too much Java lately... :-)  I should have used a
> #define, but then got a better idea - that string should really be a
> resource, as it's a phrase, not a filename.

General question:

What advantage do resources give us over string literals, for messages that
are only used once in setup?


Max.