On Monday 15 April 2019 16:21:30 Tim Bunce wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 10:22:57AM +0200, p...@cpan.org wrote:
> > On Monday 21 January 2019 16:55:07 p...@cpan.org wrote:
> > > On Sunday 20 January 2019 17:27:22 Tim Bunce wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Couldn't HandleSetErr be used for this?
> > > > 
> > > > Quoting the docs at https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI#HandleSetErr
> > > > 
> > > >     HandleSetErr, on the other hand, is called whenever set_err() is
> > > >     called with a defined err value, even if false. So it's not just for
> > > >     errors, despite the name, but also warn and info states. The 
> > > > set_err()
> > > >     method, and thus HandleSetErr, may be called multiple times within a
> > > >     method and is usually invoked from deep within driver code.
> 
> > Hi Tim! Seems that HandleSetErr cannot be used. It is not called for
> > cases which generates warnings.
> 
> Couldn't that be fixed?

I do not know. Code around HandleSetErr seems to be complex.

I still think that when there is already PrintError, RaiseError and
PrintWarn attributes, that one RaiseWarn is missing to be API complete.

> Tim.
> 
> > On the other hand my proposed and implemented RaiseWarn is working fine.
> > 
> > > Anyway, another use-case is for testing DBI SQL applications. If I write
> > > tests for that application which should not produce any SQL warnings,
> > > then with my approach RaiseWarn => 1 in DBI->connect I can simple ensure
> > > that test fails if something unexpected happens.
> > > 
> > > With HandleSetErr it is maybe possible too, but needs non-trivial logic
> > > for writing code ref subroutine and is not so simple and obvious for
> > > people who read test code. With RaiseWarn => 1 I simple declare what
> > > should happen when warning is generated; similarly like for already
> > > existing RaiseError.
> > > 
> > > Reason why I chose RaiseWarn is because there is already PrintWarn,
> > > PrintError and RaiseError attributes. So RaiseWarn just use same naming
> > > and logic pattern.

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