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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 75065@debbugs.gnu.org, philipk@posteo.net, Hi-Angel@yandex.ru
Subject: bug#75065: Upon archive download failure print the original error
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:22:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86cyhdy4ic.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvv7v6rxni.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:40:21 -0500)

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
>   75065@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:40:21 -0500
> 
> > The `car` seems to just contain word error. Here's how both compare:
> >
> > • current patch with `(cdr err)`:
> >     Failed to download ‘melpa’ archive. Error: ("Location melpa.org/packages/ is not a url nor an absolute file name")
> >
> > • suggested change with `err`:
> >     Failed to download ‘melpa’ archive. Error: (error "Location melpa.org/packages/ is not a url nor an absolute file name")
> >
> > I can of course remove the word `Error` in the second case.
> > My question then is: will `(car err)` always be the word "error"? Or
> > may there be another content?
> 
> The shape and content of `err` depends on the actual error that caused
> the download to fail.  `(car err)` contains the error "type", which can
> be `error` but can also be more specific such as
> `wrong-number-of-arguments`, `file-error`, ...

Yes, the car part is not redundant, it can include useful information
that we should not lose.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-12-27  7:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-24 15:25 bug#75065: Upon archive download failure print the original error Konstantin Kharlamov
2024-12-26  8:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-26 18:13   ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-12-26 18:17     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2024-12-26 18:31       ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-12-26 19:17     ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-12-26 20:14       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2024-12-26 20:32         ` Stefan Kangas
2024-12-26 20:37           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2024-12-26 20:40         ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-12-26 20:51           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2024-12-26 20:53             ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2024-12-26 21:03               ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2024-12-27  7:22           ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-12-27 17:01       ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-12-27 18:34         ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2024-12-28  3:09           ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors

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