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[v9.x backport] doc: make error descriptions more concise #17622

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Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when"
or wordier variations.

Change errors of the form:

Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid.

...to:

The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid.

Change errors of the form:

The 'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS' is thrown specifically when a cursor on
a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a
specified column.

...to:

A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without
a specified column.

PR-URL: #16954
Reviewed-By: James M Snell jasnell@gmail.com
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil gpunathi@in.ibm.com
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum benjamingr@gmail.com
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen tniessen@tnie.de
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung joyeec9h3@gmail.com

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  • make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
  • tests and/or benchmarks are included
  • documentation is changed or added
  • commit message follows commit guidelines
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Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when"
or wordier variations.

Change errors of the form:

> Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid.

...to:

> The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid.

Change errors of the form:

> The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on
> a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a
> specified column.

...to:

> A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without
> a specified column.

PR-URL: nodejs#16954
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
@nodejs-github-bot nodejs-github-bot added doc Issues and PRs related to the documentations. errors Issues and PRs related to JavaScript errors originated in Node.js core. v9.x labels Dec 11, 2017
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Trott commented Dec 11, 2017

@MylesBorins

MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 12, 2017
Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when"
or wordier variations.

Change errors of the form:

> Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid.

...to:

> The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid.

Change errors of the form:

> The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on
> a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a
> specified column.

...to:

> A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without
> a specified column.

Backport-PR-URL: #17622
PR-URL: #16954
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
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landed in ad75a7d

MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 12, 2017
Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when"
or wordier variations.

Change errors of the form:

> Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid.

...to:

> The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid.

Change errors of the form:

> The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on
> a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a
> specified column.

...to:

> A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without
> a specified column.

Backport-PR-URL: #17622
PR-URL: #16954
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 12, 2017
Remove the practice of starting most error descriptions with "Used when"
or wordier variations.

Change errors of the form:

> Used when the type of an asynchronous resource is invalid.

...to:

> The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid.

Change errors of the form:

> The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on
> a given stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a
> specified column.

...to:

> A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without
> a specified column.

Backport-PR-URL: #17622
PR-URL: #16954
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
@Trott Trott deleted the backport-16954 branch January 13, 2022 22:48
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