github.com/gruntwork-io/terraform@v0.11.12-beta1/tfdiags/doc.go (about) 1 // Package tfdiags is a utility package for representing errors and 2 // warnings in a manner that allows us to produce good messages for the 3 // user. 4 // 5 // "diag" is short for "diagnostics", and is meant as a general word for 6 // feedback to a user about potential or actual problems. 7 // 8 // A design goal for this package is for it to be able to provide rich 9 // messaging where possible but to also be pragmatic about dealing with 10 // generic errors produced by system components that _can't_ provide 11 // such rich messaging. As a consequence, the main types in this package -- 12 // Diagnostics and Diagnostic -- are designed so that they can be "smuggled" 13 // over an error channel and then be unpacked at the other end, so that 14 // error diagnostics (at least) can transit through APIs that are not 15 // aware of this package. 16 package tfdiags