Re: [gDesklets] !!Please test!!

[Lauri Kainulainen <lauri sokkelo net>]

Yo,

Christian Meyer wrote:
> in bzr there's now nice and fixed code. I welcome everyone to test it. Next
> things which have to be done is Humpel's new stuff.
> I also need some help/advice: some desklet authors write crappy (svg) code.
> When there's a timer things like this happen:
>
> ==========================================================[07/26/07-10:08:33]===
> Error: Desklet contains errors. Please contact the author!
>
> I improved the error messages quite a bit. If they shouldn't appear on every
> (svg) update, I have to remember that the particular error's already
> occurred. I could remember it in a boolean variable in TargetPlotter. But I
> think that's not the best solution.
>
> What do you guys think?

Would it be possible to get more output in the error message, like a 
line number or a bit of context?

If the error message becomes more elaborate (telling the line number, 
etc.) you could construct a hash out of it without the time information, 
put it in a list and then just test before calling print:

if hash_of_error_msg not in list_of_printed_msgs:
    print error_msg

Hashing of course takes some computational power, but we shouldn't be 
expecting a lot of error messages to begin with :D

Br,
lauri
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