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		mceachen on Oct 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Write better error messages Better still: add a unique prefix to the error code, so it's googlable. The Typescript team does this with compilation errors, like `TS12345: frobulating types cannot be transmuted`.

rmetzler on Oct 19, 2022 [–]

Yes, that type of thing is pretty useful for linters. These error codes act as identifiers if you need to google them and whenever you need to configure the linter the way you like it or for one-off exceptions.

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