[Zope3-dev] Repost: Q on conf error reporting

[Dave Harris]

I posted this just before all the list activity ramped up Sunday afternoon. 
It's not as momentous as decisions about 'core' or 'inline', but I'd still 
like to get a opinion.

Thanks,
Dave Harris


>From: "Dave Harris" <dpharris76 at msn.com>
>To: "zope3-dev" <zope3-dev at zope.org>
>Subject: [Zope3-dev] Q on conf error reporting
>Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:57:15 -0600
>
>I added an server entry to zope.conf using a silly type:
>
><server>
>   type LEMMING
>   address 8083
></server>
>
>and received (deservedly) a program failure marking my misdeed:
>
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "z3.py", line 65, in ?
>     run()
>   File "z3.py", line 61, in run
>     main(argv[1:])
>   File "C:\rascal\dev\Z3SB\src\zope\app\process\main.py", line 56, in main
>     setup(args)
>   File "C:\rascal\dev\Z3SB\src\zope\app\process\main.py", line 99, in 
>setup
>     server.create(task_dispatcher, db)
>   File "C:\rascal\dev\Z3SB\src\zope\app\process\server.py", line 42, in
>create
>     servertype.create(task_dispatcher, database,
>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'create'
>
>This leads to a couple (or four) questions:
>
>1) When getServerType() returns None, should create() still proceed with 
>the
>servertype.create() call?
>
>2) When a bad but well-formed configuration entry is processed, should Zope
>3 report the specifics (e.g. the config file line and the reason for
>failure)?
>
>3) In general, should Zope 3 disguise the fact that Python is the
>implementation language - that is, not generate tracebacks?
>
>4) Would a test for this situation be a unit test of
>zope.app.process.setup()? Or would it be considered a functional test?
>
>Thanks,
>Dave Harris
>
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