src/lib/errabort.c 1.16

Index: src/lib/errabort.c
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RCS file: /projects/compbio/cvsroot/kent/src/lib/errabort.c,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -b -B -U 4 -r1.15 -r1.16
--- src/lib/errabort.c	7 Jun 2009 07:13:37 -0000	1.15
+++ src/lib/errabort.c	12 Jan 2010 18:16:27 -0000	1.16
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 
 static char const rcsid[] = "$Id$";
 
 static boolean debugPushPopErr = FALSE; // generate stack dump on push/pop error
+boolean errAbortInProgress = FALSE;  /* Flag to indicate that an error abort is in progress.
+                                      * Needed so that a warn handler can tell if it's really
+                                      * being called because of a warning or an error. */
 
 static void defaultVaWarn(char *format, va_list args)
 /* Default error message handler. */
 {
@@ -107,8 +110,14 @@
 
 void vaErrAbort(char *format, va_list args)
 /* Abort function, with optional (vprintf formatted) error message. */
 {
+/* flag is needed because both errAbort and warn generate message
+ * using the warn handler, however sometimes one needed to know
+ * (like when logging), if it's an error or a warning.  This is far from
+ * perfect, as this isn't cleared if the error handler continues, 
+ * as with an exception mechanism. */
+errAbortInProgress = TRUE;
 vaWarn(format, args);
 noWarnAbort();
 }