Make it more clear why this is an invalid metric.
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ func TestIgnoreLongUDPMetrics(t *testing.T) {
assert.NoError(t, err)
defer conn.Close()
+ // nb this metric is bad because it's too long based on the `MetricMaxLength`
+ // we set above!
conn.Write([]byte("foo.bar:1|c|#baz:gorch,long:tag,is:long"))
// Add a bit of delay to ensure things get processed
time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
