[libvirt] [PATCH rfc] xml: Change virtual file names of xml documents parsed in memory

[Eric Blake]

On 09/06/2011 03:27 PM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> While parsing XML strings from memory, the previous convention in
> libvirt was to set the virtual file name to "domain.xml" or something
> similar. This could potentialy trick the user into looking for a file
> named domain.xml on the disk in an attempt to fix the error.
>
> This patch changes these filenames to something that can't be as easily
> confused for a valid filename.
> ---
> For the request for comments:
>
> Shoud we use translation macros around these filename strings? It might be possible
> to translate these messages in something meaningful in other languages.

Yes, a translated name might be nicer.  But I don't like the ALL CAPS; 
maybe this would be better:

>
> -    if ((xml = virXMLParse(filename, xmlStr, "domain.xml"))) {
> +    if ((xml = virXMLParse(filename, xmlStr, "DOMAIN_DEFINITION_XML"))) {

virXMLParse(filename, xmlStr, _("(domain definition)"))

that way, the () still make it apparent that this is less likely to be a 
file name, and the translation has a phrase to translate.

Can you update your commit message to give an actual sample of an 
emitted error message?

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