Frank Strauss writes:
Frank> However, I think *in general* the space of error checks is Frank> "multi-dimensional" and cannot easily be devided into Frank> interesting and non-interesting checks by a one-dimensional Frank> threshold.
Sure - and smilint fortunately makes all the error levels configurable. But still, having a default which conforms to guidelines document makes life for many people simpler. The real question is (and I perhaps was not clear enough about this) is whether we really need a new error level 7 or whether the same objective could be achieved by using the existing error level 6 for "esoteric" messages and simply recommend that reviewers use level 5 for their reviews. This approach would mean that we reclassify some existing level 6 messages to level 5 messages.
Looking at some of the current level 6 messages, I actually think they should be raised to level 4 (e.g. ERR_EMPTY_ORGANIZATION et. al.) so perhaps sticking with just 6 levels is not even a bad idea...
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