From: "zverok (Victor Shepelev)" <noreply@...>
Date: 2022-06-15T16:21:07+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:108935] [Ruby master Feature#16495] Inconsistent quotes in error messages

Issue #16495 has been updated by zverok (Victor Shepelev).


> the weird practice of putting three periods before and after a code block cited in a text

It is a cultural difference. In many languages/writing conventions, three dots is a sign of "phrase broken in the middle". Can be used when leaving the text unfinished ("I thought it would work, but..."), or to mark a place of insertion of a different content that breaks the text flow, to signify that the phrase continues below: "I've seen photos like... {picture} ...and always thought that it is beautiful".

As a Russian/Ukrainian speaker, I find it natural (note that I am not an original ticket's author, though). In American English, the breaking is more frequently signified with ��� ("I thought it would work, but���").

That being said, I find your marking it as a "weird practice" and fixing other people's punctuation you find "weird", as well as it being used as a response to my note on my personal perception of exception rendering pretty flabbergasting. 

I will stop commenting on this ticket, then.

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Feature #16495: Inconsistent quotes in error messages
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16495#change-98019

* Author: Kolano (Kenneth Kolano)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
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Error messages use inconsistent pairs of quotes, for instance:

```
-e:1:in `<main>': undefined local variable or method `foo' for main:Object (NameError)
```

where a back tick is used on the left-hand side, and a single quote is used on the right.

The same quotes should be used on either side of the elements being quoted.



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