Feature request : similarity detection using blind spots

[Bastes]

Problem :

Ruby on Rails apps error reports include precise instance IDs in this way :
#ErrorController:0x92511c0
The 0x92511c0 prevents similar errors from regrouping.

Possible solution :

Introduce "blind spot" patterns applied to the error texts before detecting similarity. They could be expressed in regexp form with the blinded replacement in an hash :
{ /(<\w+):0x[0-9a-f]+(>)/ => '\1\2', /(some_parameter: )\d+/ => '\1' }

[shingara]

I agree with you. Can you put a patch for applying ?

[Bastes]

For now it's just an idea, I haven't dived into ErrorNot as yet but probably will considering I'm not the only one that would find it useful ^^

[shingara]

Yes it's in my mind too.