On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 3:19 PM Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Philip Oakley wrote: > > On 21/05/2021 17:53, Alex Henrie wrote: > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM Felipe Contreras > > > <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> It's good to not include many initial codes, but I would start with at > > >> least three: > > >> > > >> OK = 0, > > >> UNKNOWN = 1, > > >> NORMAL = 2, > > > If you go that route, could you please pick a word other than "normal" > > > to describe errors that are not entirely unexpected? I'm worried that > > > someone will see "normal" and use it instead of "OK" to indicate > > > success. > > > > > > -Alex > > Typical <== Normal > > > > Though abnormal and atypical often have different implications ;-) > > P. > > Or USUAL. The words "typical" and "usual" have the same problem of making it sound like there was no error. I would suggest terms like "user error", "network error", etc. instead. -Alex
