On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:26:42AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > On 05/10/2013 11:17 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Apps using libvirt will often have code like > > > > if (virXXXX() < 0) { > > virErrorPtr err = virGetLastError(); > > fprintf(stderr, "Something failed: %s\n", > > err && err->message ? err->message : > > "unknown error"); > > return -1; > > } > > > > Checking for a NULL error object or message leads to very > > verbose code. A virGetLastErrorMessage() helper from libvirt > > can simplify this to > > > > if (virXXXX() < 0) { > > fprintf(stderr, "Something failed: %s\n", > > virGetLastErrorMessage()); > > return -1; > > } > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > include/libvirt/virterror.h | 2 ++ > > src/libvirt_public.syms | 5 +++++ > > src/util/virerror.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ > > 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+) > > ACK. Client-side only, so it doesn't need RPC support. > > Should we update examples/hellolibvirt/hellolibvirt.c to use it? Good idea, I'll send another patch for that. Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc :| -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list