4 error.c - error reporting code for Imager
9 int new_fatal; // non-zero if errors are fatal
10 int old_fatal = i_set_failure_fatal(new_fatal);
11 i_set_argv0("name of your program");
12 extern void error_cb(char const *);
14 old_ecb = i_set_error_cb(error_cb);
16 extern void failed_cb(char **errors);
17 old_fcb = i_set_failed_cb(failed_cb);
18 if (!i_something(...)) {
19 char **errors = i_errors();
23 undef_int i_something(...) {
25 if (!some_lower_func(...)) {
26 return i_failed("could not something");
30 undef_int some_lower_func(...) {
31 if (somethingelse_failed()) {
32 i_push_error("could not somethingelse");
40 This module provides the C level error handling functionality for
43 A few functions return or pass in an i_errmsg *, this is list of error
44 structures, terminated by an entry with a NULL msg value, each of
45 which contains a msg and an error code. Even though these aren't
46 passed as i_errmsg const * pointers, don't modify the strings
49 The interface as currently defined isn't thread safe, unfortunately.
51 This code uses Imager's mymalloc() for memory allocation, so out of
52 memory errors are I<always> fatal.
56 These functions form the interface that a user of Imager sees (from
57 C). The Perl level won't use all of this.
68 /* we never actually use the last item - it's the NULL terminator */
70 i_errmsg error_stack[ERRSTK];
71 int error_sp = ERRSTK - 1;
72 /* we track the amount of space used each string, so we don't reallocate
73 space unless we need to.
74 This also means that a memory tracking library may see the memory
75 allocated for this as a leak. */
76 int error_space[ERRSTK];
78 static i_error_cb error_cb;
79 static i_failed_cb failed_cb;
80 static int failures_fatal;
84 =item i_set_argv0(char const *program)
86 Sets the name of the program to be displayed in fatal error messages.
88 The simplest way to use this is just:
92 when your program starts.
94 void i_set_argv0(char const *name) {
98 dupl = mymalloc(strlen(name)+1);
106 =item i_set_failure_fatal(int failure_fatal)
108 If failure_fatal is non-zero then any future failures will result in
109 Imager exiting your program with a message describing the failure.
111 Returns the previous setting.
115 int i_set_failures_fatal(int fatal) {
116 int old = failures_fatal;
117 failures_fatal = fatal;
123 =item i_set_error_cb(i_error_cb)
125 Sets a callback function that is called each time an error is pushed
126 onto the error stack.
128 Returns the previous callback.
130 i_set_failed_cb() is probably more useful.
134 i_error_cb i_set_error_cb(i_error_cb cb) {
135 i_error_cb old = error_cb;
142 =item i_set_failed_cb(i_failed_cb cb)
144 Sets a callback function that is called each time an Imager function
147 Returns the previous callback.
151 i_failed_cb i_set_failed_cb(i_failed_cb cb) {
152 i_failed_cb old = failed_cb;
161 Returns a pointer to the first element of an array of error messages,
162 terminated by a NULL pointer. The highest level message is first.
166 i_errmsg *i_errors() {
167 return error_stack + error_sp;
173 =head1 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS
175 These functions are called by Imager to report errors through the
178 It may be desirable to have functions to mark the stack and reset to
183 =item i_clear_error()
185 Called by any imager function before doing any other processing.
188 void i_clear_error() {
193 =item i_push_error(char const *msg)
195 Called by an imager function to push an error message onto the stack.
197 No message is pushed if the stack is full (since this means someone
198 forgot to call i_clear_error(), or that a function that doesn't do
199 error handling is calling function that does.).
203 void i_push_error(int code, char const *msg) {
204 int size = strlen(msg)+1;
207 /* bad, bad programmer */
211 if (error_space[error_sp] < size) {
212 if (error_stack[error_sp].msg)
213 myfree(error_stack[error_sp].msg);
214 /* memory allocated on the following line is only ever release when
215 we need a bigger string */
216 error_stack[error_sp].msg = mymalloc(size);
217 error_space[error_sp] = size;
219 strcpy(error_stack[error_sp].msg, msg);
220 error_stack[error_sp].code = code;
227 =item i_push_errorvf(int code, char const *fmt, va_list ap)
229 Intended for use by higher level functions, takes a varargs pointer
230 and a format to produce the finally pushed error message.
234 void i_push_errorvf(int code, char const *fmt, va_list ap) {
236 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
237 _vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
239 /* is there a way to detect vsnprintf()?
240 for this and other functions we need some mechanism to handle
241 detection (like perl's Configure, or autoconf)
243 vsprintf(buf, fmt, ap);
245 i_push_error(code, buf);
249 =item i_push_errorf(int code, char const *fmt, ...)
251 A version of i_push_error() that does printf() like formating.
255 void i_push_errorf(int code, char const *fmt, ...) {
258 i_push_errorvf(code, fmt, ap);
263 =item i_failed(char const *msg)
265 Called by Imager code to indicate that a top-level has failed.
267 msg can be NULL, in which case no error is pushed.
269 Calls the current failed callback, if any.
271 Aborts the program with an error, if failures have been set to be fatal.
273 Returns zero if it does not abort.
277 int i_failed(int code, char const *msg) {
279 i_push_error(code, msg);
281 failed_cb(error_stack + error_sp);
282 if (failures_fatal) {
284 int total; /* total length of error messages */
285 char *full; /* full message for logging */
287 fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", argv0);
288 fputs("error:\n", stderr);
290 while (error_stack[sp].msg) {
291 fprintf(stderr, " %s\n", error_stack[sp].msg);
294 /* we want to log the error too, build an error message to hand to
296 total = 1; /* remember the NUL */
297 for (sp = error_sp; error_stack[sp].msg; ++sp) {
298 total += strlen(error_stack[sp].msg) + 2;
300 full = malloc(total);
302 /* just quit, at least it's on stderr */
306 for (sp = error_sp; error_stack[sp].msg; ++sp) {
307 strcat(full, error_stack[sp].msg);
310 /* lose the extra ": " */
311 full[strlen(full)-2] = '\0';
312 m_fatal(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s", full);
323 This interface isn't thread safe.
327 Tony Cook <tony@develop-help.com>
329 Stack concept by Arnar Mar Hrafnkelsson <addi@umich.edu>