Re: Dynamic modules: emacs-module.c and signaling errors

[Tom Tromey]

Paul> It's so tedious I can't imagine using it that way. Module authors
Paul> shouldn't have to call env->non_local_exit_check (env) after every
Paul> function call, to see whether the function actually worked. Functions
Paul> should be able to signal an error, just as they can in the Emacs core,
Paul> and the error should propagate through calls in a natural way.

Yeah, it's tedious.

The alternative is also error-prone though.  It's very easy to forget
that some cleanup is needed; and the Emacs facilities here aren't really
all that easy to use either.  gdb uses a similar internal system, and it
is better than what Emacs provides, but still error-prone in practice.

Crashing may be the wrong thing to do.  Perhaps module APIs should just
fail when the environment is already in the error state.

Tom