# Newbie: idiom to add information to error

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**Created:** [May 22, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/newbie-idiom-to-add-information-to-error/10214 "2025-05-22T16:23:57Z")\
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This is commonly referred to as the “Diagnostics” pattern. There are several examples in Zig’s stdlib. Here’s one for `std.json`: [std.json.Diagnostics](https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#std.json.Diagnostics).

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