On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 12:29:41 CEST Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 05:44:30PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote: > > +let machine_readable_printf fs = > > + let get_machine_readable_channel () = > > + let open_machine_readable_channel () = > > + match !machine_readable_output with > > + | NoOutput -> > > + (* Trying to use machine_readable_printf when --machine-readable > > was > > + * not enabled, and thus machine_readable () returns false. > > + *) > > + failwith "internal error: machine_readable_printf used with no > > --machine-readable" > > I wonder if there's a way to avoid this error at compile time. > > Replace the ‘machine_readable ()’ function that returns boolean with > one which returns an optional printf function. Then caller code would > do: > > match machine_readable () with > | None -> () (* ie. not --machine-readable *) > | Some pr -> > pr "stuff\n"; > exit 0
Good idea, this matches more or less what is done currently. > Of course the devil will be in the details as to whether this actually > works with our existing callers. > > + fprintf (get_machine_readable_channel ()) fs > > I'm surprised this works and you didn't need to use ksprintf. get_machine_readable_channel () returns an out_channel, so this is effectively like calling fprintf stderr "string" ... > > (* No elements and machine-readable mode? Print some facts. *) > > if elements = [] && machine_readable () then ( > > - printf "virt-dib\n"; > > + machine_readable_printf "virt-dib\n"; > > let formats_list = Output_format.list_formats () in > > - List.iter (printf "output:%s\n") formats_list; > > + List.iter (machine_readable_printf "output:%s\n") formats_list; > > exit 0 > > ); > > So this caller would become: > > match machine_readable (), elements = [] with > | None, _ -> () > | Some pr, [] -> > (* existing code, replacing printf with pr *) OK. > | Some _, _ -> > (* this is a new case giving an error when the user > uses --machine-readable + a list of elements, which I believe > is not caught in the current code *) > error (f_"--machine-readable cannot be used with elements on the command > line") So far the expectation is that --machine-readable will produce more "machine parseable" output, so I'd not rule out this option. -- Pino Toscano
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