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diff --git a/doc/TODO_crash_dump_fields b/doc/TODO_crash_dump_fields index 7a8407fb..a35b3b04 100644 --- a/doc/TODO_crash_dump_fields +++ b/doc/TODO_crash_dump_fields @@ -47,3 +47,21 @@ printable_form_of_crash_item(...) dd_load_text_ext(dd, "time", flags) may benefit from a new flag DD_LOAD_TEXT_PRINTABLE, which makes it generate printable representation of fields. + + + Reduce amount of special-casing in the code which works with crash_data + +Examples: + +Reporters use something like this to exclude "non-interesting" fields: + +for (each crash_data element) +{ + if (strcmp(short_name, FILENAME_COUNT) == 0) goto next; + if (strcmp(short_name, CD_DUMPDIR) == 0) goto next; + if (strcmp(short_name, FILENAME_INFORMALL) == 0) goto next; + if (strcmp(short_name, FILENAME_MESSAGE) == 0) goto next; // plugin's status message (if we already reported it yesterday) + ... +} + +Can it be done with a flag? |