[Code-review] review: Gadget alias branch

[Dafydd Harries]

Ar 19/08/2008 am 12:30, ysgrifennodd Guillaume Desmottes:
> Le mardi 19 août 2008 à 10:59 +0100, Dafydd Harries a écrit :
> > Ar 18/08/2008 am 10:47, ysgrifennodd Guillaume Desmottes:
> > > Le vendredi 15 août 2008 à 20:24 +0100, Dafydd Harries a écrit :
> > > > This branch mostly looks great. Again, just one thing to change:
> > > > 
> > > > >+            alias = elem.getAttribute('alias')
> > > > >+
> > > > >+            q.append(('search', jid, props, alias))
> > > > 
> > > > We should insert a:
> > > > 
> > > >   if alias == '':
> > > >       alias = None
> > > > 
> > > > If the alias attribute is '', then it will match every buddy, which I don't
> > > > think is what we want.
> > > 
> > > I already check that here:
> > > 
> > > +            if alias is not None:
> > > +                # have to check alias
> > > +                if buddy.alias is None or not alias_match(buddy.alias, alias):
> > > +                    return False
> > 
> > The attribute might be present, but with an empty value. We should check for
> > that too, no?
> 
> I added a check that should prevent model to contain '' as alias instead
> of None.
> http://monkey.collabora.co.uk/gadget_alias/patch-5.html

That seems reasonable. I'm still not convinced that the right thing happens
when alias='' in the query, though.

-- 
Dafydd