[libvirt] [PATCH 2/2] XML: Suppress printing "domain.xml" for parse errors on XML strings

[Daniel Veillard]

On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 09:58:35AM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> Dňa 6.9.2011 9:41, Daniel Veillard wrote / napísal(a):
> >On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 02:33:40PM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> >>Patch e81778d6184f1850a10eb661eb756b50421d5ac4 introduces printing
> >>file name on XML errors. This corrects the URL string to be NULL and
> >>therefore to print an error message not containing bogus filename
> >>"domain.xml".
> >>
> >>NULL is a valid parameter for the file name value, as the only usage is
> >>for error handlers. Functions touching the value either in libxml2 or in
> >>libvirt check this parameter for NULL and behave according to it.
> >  Well, I started that trend, and used that as a hint about what kind
> >of XML paring might be failing. If you have a better idea on how to
> >name that temporary "file" (it's actually a memory entity), but I'm
> >not sure setting it as NULL is such an improvement,
> >
> >Daniel
> >
> The idea of this patch was to suppress printing domain.xml in the
> error message and
> stick with the default error message which stated only the line
> number and was used
> previously (it did not contain the filename).

  yeah I understand the intent

> I'll have another look at this and try to come up with something
> more descriptitve, if
> it's possible.

  the problem is that the file has no name since it's in memory, but
one could still try to give an hint about what it is. It's a bit weird
and a case of usability, I might be wrong :-)

Daniel

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