GNU bug report logs - #15840
libxml-parse-xml-region: Raise runtime error, don't return nil

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15840: closed (libxml-parse-xml-region: Raise runtime error,
 don't return nil)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:14:02 +0000

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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: Christof Spitz <christof.spitz <at> gmail.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org, "emacs-orgmode <at> gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode <at> gnu.org>
Subject: libxml-parse-xml-region: Raise runtime error, don't return nil
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 09:29:15 +0530

Christof

Christof Spitz <christof.spitz <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I found the bug: Windows-Emacs was missing the libxml2 library. I got
> the libxml2-2.7.8.-w32-bin.zip, copied the content of /bin into Emacs'
> /bin directory and now the formatting works.

This should have been very difficult to track down. 

ox-freemind.el does invoke `libxml-parse-xml-region'.  I think Emacs
should raise a runtime error (and not return nil) if the above API is
called but libxml is unavailable.

ps: This bug is a good excuse to audit "other" such wrapper calls (if
there are any) and make sure that they don't fall silently.

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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: 15840-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15840: libxml-parse-xml-region: Raise runtime error,
 don't return nil
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:42:53 +0530

OP here.  Closed.

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