[plt-dev] slightly misleading error

On May 22, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Dave Herman wrote:

> This code:
>
>    (define (foo) (values 'a 'b))
>    (let ([x (foo)]) x)
>
> highlights the expression (values 'a 'b) and produces the error  
> message:
>
>    context expected 1 value, received 2 values: a b
>
> The highlighted expression was the producer, but the message was  
> about the context. This confused me when it happened to me, because  
> I assumed the highlighted expression /was/ the context, and set  
> about hopelessly trying to figure out what *inside* that expression  
> had produced the wrong number of values.
>
> This is one of those "two parties disagree but there's no expressed  
> contract" kinds of errors, so highlighting either party is  
> reasonable, but the error message should probably be consistent with  
> what's highlighted in order to avoid this confusion.

Could you fix this by just changing the error message to

"context of this expression expected 1 value, received 2 values: a b"

?

John

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