Users don't dictate terms, though. How my API works is up to me. If I target use cases that prefer truncation of messages to errors, then surely it's acceptabl

Users don't dictate terms, though. How my API works is up to me. If I target use cases that prefer truncation of messages to errors, then surely it's acceptable for me to build it that way, right? I'm not saying it's a good idea in general. I'm saying it can be acceptable in the appropriate context.