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Re: decode_variable's use of not_found_ptr
Dave Korn wrote:
> On 22 April 2006 09:06, Greg Law wrote:
>
>
>
>> but at the bottom of the function it says:
>>
>>
>> if (not_found_ptr)
>> *not_found_ptr = 1;
>> throw_error (NOT_FOUND_ERROR, _("Function \"%s\" not defined."), copy);
>>
>>
>> Now, I must confess gdb's internal exception mechanism is deeply
>> mysterious to me, but that code looks to me like it doesn't do what the
>> comment claims. i.e. if not_found_ptr is non-NULL, it still issues the
>> error message.
>>
>> What's wrong - my reading of the code, or the code?
>
>
>
> Well, the code doesn't do what the comment says, that's true. You
can try
> putting an 'else' between those lines, but don't forget that you'll
now have
> to add a return statement for when the error isn't thrown, and you'll
have to
> return NULL since the lookup has failed, and there may be some call
sites that
> aren't expecting to receive a NULL return because they've never had
to before
> because the error was previously always being thrown, so there may be
knock-on
> effects....
Can't return NULL as the function returns a structure by copy.
>
> You could also try looking at the history of the file in CVS, see
if that
> comment was ever accurate; it's the sort of error that can easily
creep in
> during minor code tidyups.
Had a quick look at 6.3's code, and that is indeed different:
if (not_found_ptr)
{
*not_found_ptr = 1;
/* The caller has indicated that it wishes quiet notification of any
error where the function or file is not found. A call to
error_silent causes an error to occur, but it does not issue
the supplied message. The message can be manually output by
the caller, if desired. This is used, for example, when
attempting to set breakpoints for functions in shared libraries
that have not yet been loaded. */
error_silent ("Function \"%s\" not defined.", copy);
}
For some reason the error_silent seems to have got chopped in version
6.4. I'll submit a problem report.
g