Newlines in class description field or object error message?

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Posted on 2005-12-05 22:07:03-08 by je44ery

Should we or shouldn't we? Are there any style recommendations?

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Posted on 2005-12-10 14:39:58-08 by jdhedden in response to 1443

Re: Newlines in class description field or object error message?

The description can be used for two basic purposes: To document the source, and to display to a terminal window as part of an error messages. As such, my opinion is that they should be formated nicely with newlines.

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