I just made up my mind on this issue. I will not implement ERR_disable() or ERR_enable() for the reasons stated below. And that resolves this ticket.
[levitte - Fri Jun 20 00:20:52 2003]: > Just for the sake of keeping history with this ticket: I've concerns > with ERR_disable() in relation to the OpenSSL code checking for certain > errors in some places. If error setting is disabled, we might very well > end up with unwanted problems. Sure, it can be fixed by temporarely > re-enabling error setting, but that requires an extra effort from > OpenSSL developpers, and this is easily forgotten. > > [levitte - Wed Jun 11 22:55:38 2003]: > > > I've implemented ERR_set_mark() and ERR_pop_to_mark(), which can be > > used > > for similar functionality. I'll look into ERR_disable() and > > ERR_enable() as well, but that requires quite a lot more work. > > > > If the implemented functions are enough for you for now, I'll resolve > > this ticket. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mon May 26 09:16:48 2003]: > > > > > Hi, > > > I would like to implement some kind of error locking function: > > > > > > SYSerr(x,x); > > > ERR_disable(); //We don't want anymore error feedback from this > > point > > > //call to functions that can potentialy generate some more errors > > > ERR_enable(); //Re-enable error feedback > > > > > > In this exemple the last error will be the one generated by > > > "SYSerr(x,x);". > > > > > > I tried to implement a custom error handling function, > > > int_thread_get_item equivalent that would return NULL, if the > > > thread error handling was locked, but any call to > > > ERR_clear_error destroyed the "SYSerr(x,x);" error. > > > > > > The custom error handling doesn't seem to be really supported > > (ERR_FNS > > > is opaque..., etc), altough the bases are there, could it be > > > possible to either fully support custom error handling, or to add > > > the ERR_enable/ERR_disable. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Frédéric Giudicelli > > > http://www.newpki.org > > > > > > -- Richard Levitte [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
