Extra TODO tests for a txn_guard silencing problem

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage.pm
index 6b88d28..f5f2951 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage.pm
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ sub debugobj {
   $self->{debugobj} ||= do {
     if (my $profile = $ENV{DBIC_TRACE_PROFILE}) {
       require DBIx::Class::Storage::Debug::PrettyPrint;
+      my @pp_args;
+
       if ($profile =~ /^\.?\//) {
         require Config::Any;
 
@@ -481,10 +483,28 @@ sub debugobj {
           $self->throw_exception("Failure processing \$ENV{DBIC_TRACE_PROFILE}: $_");
         };
 
-        DBIx::Class::Storage::Debug::PrettyPrint->new(values %{$cfg->[0]});
+        @pp_args = values %{$cfg->[0]};
       }
       else {
-        DBIx::Class::Storage::Debug::PrettyPrint->new({ profile => $profile });
+        @pp_args = { profile => $profile };
+      }
+
+      # FIXME - FRAGILE
+      # Hash::Merge is a sorry piece of shit and tramples all over $@
+      # *without* throwing an exception
+      # This is a rather serious problem in the debug codepath
+      # Insulate the condition here with a try{} until a review of
+      # DBIx::Class::Storage::Debug::PrettyPrint takes place
+      # we do rethrow the error unconditionally, the only reason
+      # to try{} is to preserve the precise state of $@ (down
+      # to the scalar (if there is one) address level)
+      #
+      # Yes I am aware this is fragile and TxnScopeGuard needs
+      # a better fix. This is another yak to shave... :(
+      try {
+        DBIx::Class::Storage::Debug::PrettyPrint->new(@pp_args);
+      } catch {
+        $self->throw_exception($_);
       }
     }
     else {

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/TxnScopeGuard.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/TxnScopeGuard.pm
index 18e2260..580a32b 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/TxnScopeGuard.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/TxnScopeGuard.pm
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ sub new {
   # we are starting with an already set $@ - in order for things to work we need to
   # be able to recognize it upon destruction - store its weakref
   # recording it before doing the txn_begin stuff
+  #
+  # FIXME FRAGILE - any eval that fails but *does not* rethrow between here
+  # and the unwind will trample over $@ and invalidate the entire mechanism
+  # There got to be a saner way of doing this...
   if (defined $@ and $@ ne '') {
-    $guard->{existing_exception_ref} = (ref $@ ne '') ? $@ : \$@;
-    weaken $guard->{existing_exception_ref};
+    weaken(
+      $guard->{existing_exception_ref} = (ref $@ ne '') ? $@ : \$@
+    );
   }
 
   $storage->txn_begin;
 
-  $guard->{dbh} = $storage->_dbh;
-  weaken $guard->{dbh};
+  weaken( $guard->{dbh} = $storage->_dbh );
 
   bless $guard, ref $class || $class;
 

diff --git a/t/storage/txn_scope_guard.t b/t/storage/txn_scope_guard.t
index c0cb347..b2bdbe5 100644 (file)
--- a/t/storage/txn_scope_guard.t
+++ b/t/storage/txn_scope_guard.t
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ use DBICTest;
 
 # make sure it warns *big* on failed rollbacks
 # test with and without a poisoned $@
-for my $poison (0,1) {
+for my $pre_poison (0,1) {
+for my $post_poison (0,1) {
 
-  my $schema = DBICTest->init_schema();
+  my $schema = DBICTest->init_schema(no_populate => 1);
 
   no strict 'refs';
   no warnings 'redefine';
@@ -161,16 +162,30 @@ for my $poison (0,1) {
       warn $_[0];
     }
   };
+
   {
-      eval { die 'GIFT!' if $poison };
-      my $guard = $schema->txn_scope_guard;
-      $schema->resultset ('Artist')->create ({ name => 'bohhoo'});
+    eval { die 'pre-GIFT!' if $pre_poison };
+    my $guard = $schema->txn_scope_guard;
+    eval { die 'post-GIFT!' if $post_poison };
+    $schema->resultset ('Artist')->create ({ name => 'bohhoo'});
   }
 
-  is (@w, 2, 'Both expected warnings found' . ($poison ? ' (after $@ poisoning)' : '') );
+  local $TODO = 'Do not know how to deal with trapped exceptions occuring after guard instantiation...'
+    if ( $post_poison and (
+      # take no chances on installation
+      ( DBICTest::RunMode->is_plain and ($ENV{TRAVIS}||'') ne 'true' )
+        or
+      # this always fails
+      ! $pre_poison
+        or
+      # I do not underdtand why but on <= 5.8.8 and $pre_poison && $post_poison passes...
+      $] > 5.008008
+    ));
+
+  is (@w, 2, "Both expected warnings found - \$\@ pre-poison: $pre_poison, post-poison: $post_poison" );
 
   # just to mask off warning since we could not disconnect above
   $schema->storage->_dbh->disconnect;
-}
+}}
 
 done_testing;