Error handling for too long/invalid RS IDs #9

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2019-01-26T00:39:12+08:00

johannesmoos commented

2019-01-26 00:39:12 +08:00

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The RS IDs are limited to 15 characters. While this might be sufficient, Alice happily loads the config but then complains at runtime with

Alice has trouble connecting to the API (got GENERIC_ERROR).

for the corresponding RS.

It should not start at all in this case or the error message should be made more clear for this case.

Works:

[source.abcdefghijklmno]
name = rs1.my.ixp
[source.abcdefghijklmno.birdwatcher]
...

Does not work (GENERIC_ERROR):

[source.abcdefghijklmnop]
name = rs2.my.ixp
[source.abcdefghijklmnop.birdwatcher]
...

The RS IDs are limited to 15 characters. While this might be sufficient, Alice happily loads the config but then complains at runtime with > Alice has trouble connecting to the API (got GENERIC_ERROR). for the corresponding RS. It should not start at all in this case or the error message should be made more clear for this case. Works: ``` [source.abcdefghijklmno] name = rs1.my.ixp [source.abcdefghijklmno.birdwatcher] ... ``` Does not work (GENERIC_ERROR): ``` [source.abcdefghijklmnop] name = rs2.my.ixp [source.abcdefghijklmnop.birdwatcher] ... ```

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Reference: malhuda/alice-lg#9