errors and warnings / stdlib / E8050

E8050 error

Addon message prefix too long

area: stdlib (x8xxx)
fails the build: yes

comm.open registers an addon message prefix with the game, which takes 1 to 16 characters. A literal prefix that is empty or longer than that is reported at compile time; the client would refuse to register it.

Use a shorter prefix, such as your addon's name or an abbreviation of it.

Example

× failswowlua

import * as comm from "wowlua:comm"local channel = comm.open("MyVeryLongAddonPrefix")print(channel)

✓ compileswowlua

import * as comm from "wowlua:comm"local channel = comm.open("MyAddon")print(channel)

The compiler reports it like this:

error[E8050]: the addon message prefix `MyVeryLongAddonPrefix` has 21 characters; the client takes 1 to 16
  ┌─ src/main.wowlua:2:27
  │
2 │ local channel = comm.open("MyVeryLongAddonPrefix")
  │                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this prefix

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terminal

$ wowlua explain E8050
E8050 (error): Addon message prefix too long

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