Re: [leafnode-list] Leafnode 2.0b8: XPAT causes segfault

[Stefan Wiens <s.wi@xxxxxxx>]

krasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornelius Krasel) writes:

> Stefan Wiens wrote:
>
>> The same bug makes XHDR output "(none)" lines for nonexisting articles.
>> Are those "(none)" lines necessary at all?
>
>>From the ChangeLog:
>
> 160100: doxhdr() now returns (none) if asked for XHDR REFERENCES of an
>         article. Suggested by Ted Marston <ted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>         increases compatibility with xrn.
>
> I don't have xrn running, and I don't know whether it is really
> necessary to return "(none)".

If it improves interoperability, better output "(none)".
BTW, news.cis.dfn.de outputs just the article numbers.

> Furthermore, the function should return "(none)" only for articles
> which exist and don't have the header.

First considering findxover() avoids the bogus output and is faster
with large gaps.

Stefan


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