Re: [libxml++] Segfault in dom parser

[Thomas Jarosch <thomas jarosch intra2net com>]

> > Remove example.xml and try running the included example dom_parser.
> > It should segfault. Is it a bug of the example or the library?
>
> The bug comes from the lib which doesn't check if context creation is
> sucessfull. I'll commit a patch in a few minutes.

:-)

> On context creation failure the lib will now throw an internal_exception
> with the message "cannot create parsing context".
> If anybody think a new exception type is needed for that just tell me we'll
> discuss it. In the mean time at least we'll not have a segfault.

KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid

Though detecting a "file not found" error
via an exception could also be nice.

Thomas