DROPSYM clearly shows that it does not follow this hierarchy. I wasn't questioning IBM's choice about the default severity. I was stating the fact that having the default of WARNING caused IBM to code DROPSYM with INFO messages that deviate from the documentation. It's likely other commands have messages that are difficult to suppress. They should adhere to or modify the documentation. Maybe they could say "some" instead of implying "all" but that could cause more open tickets about "some".
Since FLAG(INFO) is rarely (if ever) used, there are messages that someone felt important to display but will not be seen. Why did they go to the effort of creating these messages? Jon Perryman.. >________________________________ > From: John Gilmore <[email protected]> > > >The ascending severity hierarchy is > >INFO < WARNING < ERROR < SEVERE ERROR < TERMINATING > >Coding one of these values suppresses all less severe messages. A >small, non-definitive test suggests that things work as they are >bruited. > >In particular none of these message sets is empty. The question what >the default should be is a separate issue and a judgment call. A good >design disentangles its value from the question what values to >support. > >In particular Mr Perryman and I disagree. I do not think it >appropriate to discard all messages that are less severe than a|the >current default. > >The severity level appropriate in any situation is inversely related >to its setter's experience level. For an experienced user INFO and >WARNING messages may be, usually are, otiose. For a novice they may >be, usually are, important. > >My own practice is to set default severity levels low because it seems >to me that 1)experienced users who are annoyed by repetitive, to them >uninteresting message will discover how to suppress them and that 2) >the ignorant and inexperienced should be protected while they are so. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
