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There's a feature of INCLUDE to let you specify a warning text if the include fails. So

%INCLUDE{"NonExistentWeb.NonExistentTopic" warn="where is my topic"}%
returns where is my topic instead of an inline alert.

Docu says you could use a $topic being replaced with the topic. But

%INCLUDE{"NonExistentWeb.NonExistentTopic" warn="where is my $topic"}%
returns where is my NonExistentWeb and not where is my NonExistentWeb.NonExistentTopic

Test: where is my NonExistentTopic

Infact, the problem goes deeper. The function to render the is include warning is TWiki::_includeWarning being used for any possible error that could occur during an INCLUDE (opic_not_found, already_included, bad_protocol, geturl_failed, bad_content, etc).

Now, if _includeWarning is called and the $warn argument is set to some default message as in the examples above it will fetch one extra argument from the stack and replace $topic in the warn string with it. Looking at the calls to _includeWarning this next argument is

  1. undef (no args on the stack) or
  2. $includingWeb (another arg on the stack pending) or
  3. $url or
  4. $incWeb.$incTopic or
  5. $contentType
which is all wrong as it is everything but not a $topic.

Just one example: You type:

%INCLUDE{foo="bar"}%
You get: Warning: Can't find topic "".""
This has the potential to break TWiki Applications, so regrading as Urgent. Marking as Actioning, as Micha's analysis is pretty clear.

CC


Apparently the problem has been foreseen, there's an old SMELL comment in the code. The code will remain smelly, but at least the behaviour will be sort of correct:
  1. If no topic is given, a makeshift ""."" will be inserted. For everything more verbose like (no topic given) it is too late since this is an insert for a MAKETEXT message, so should be language-agnostic.
  2. former $includingWeb will now be shown as $includingWeb.$includingTopic
  3. $url isn't really a "topic", but so what. It couldn't be included, and that's what counts.
  4. $incWeb.$incTopic is correct for where it is used
  5. For $contentType messages it is still not possible (and never has been) to define useful custom error messages.

The flaw is that sub _includeWarning triggers messages with different argument counts. The actual interface is between the callers of _includeWarning(), which pass a keyword, and messages.tmpl, which defines the appropriate blocks matching these keywords. This can't be mapped properly to one single user defined message.

And to make that clear: I am currently actioning. HJ

4.1.0 released

KJL

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Summary includeWarnings broken
ReportedBy TWiki:Main.MichaelDaum
Codebase

SVN Range TWiki-4.1, Sat, 23 Sep 2006, build 11571
AppliesTo Engine
Component

Priority Urgent
CurrentState Closed
WaitingFor

Checkins 12332 12333
TargetRelease minor
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Topic revision: r9 - 2007-01-16 - KennethLavrsen
 
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