Bug 7001 - Handle absence or failure of XC-MISC
Summary: Handle absence or failure of XC-MISC
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: XCB
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Library (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: high major
Assignee: Jamey Sharp
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Blocks: 6797
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Reported: 2006-05-23 05:30 UTC by Jamey Sharp
Modified: 2006-09-09 14:45 UTC (History)
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Description Jamey Sharp 2006-05-23 05:30:09 UTC 
Currently XCB will dereference a null pointer if the XC-MISC extension is absent
or doesn't work and a new batch of XIDs is needed. Probably it should return an
invalid XID instead (anything >= 2**29 should work, including -1). This behavior
then needs to be documented so programmers realize this can fail.

Latency-hiding the XC-MISC request when we're nearly out of XIDs might be a
feature too. Some API design thought should go into this: ideally it would be
under the control of the application if desired, happening automatically if the
application doesn't take care of it.
Comment 1 Bart Massey 2006-09-09 14:45:22 UTC 
The enhancement portion has been moved to bug 8204, while the fix portion has
been fixed by Jamey.

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