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The original was posted on /r/programminglanguages by /u/Jonas___ on 2024-09-06 15:39:34+00:00.

I’m debating between two general styles of error messages. What do you think is better?

Option 1 (“rule-oriented”): The error messages states the language rule or limitation that caused the error: Error: Immutable values cannot be reassigned. Error: A class can only define one base type. Error: A type name can not be longer than 1024 characters.

Option 2 (“action-oriented”): The error message states exactly what went wrong: Error: Reassigning of immutable value. Error: Class declares multiple base types. Error: Type name is longer than 1024 characters.

What do you think is better?