Streamlined SystemException:

   - renamed "description()" member to "errorString()", 
   - renamed "where" attribute to "description", 
   - changed "what()" ouptut.

Socket/Protocols/UN/UNSocketProtocol.cc

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ prefix_ void senf::UNSocketProtocol::check_and_unlink()
         ::unlink(una.path().c_str());
     }
     catch (SystemException & e) {
-        SENF_LOG(("UNSocketProtocol::check_and_unlink() failed; " << e.description() ));
+        SENF_LOG(("UNSocketProtocol::check_and_unlink() failed; " << e.errorString() ));
     }
 }
     

Utils/Daemon/Daemon.cc

@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ prefix_ senf::Daemon::~Daemon()
     if (! pidfile_.empty()) {
         try {
             LIBC_CALL( ::unlink, (pidfile_.c_str()) );
-        } catch (SystemException e) {
-            e << "; could not unlink " << pidfile_.c_str();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // e << "; could not unlink " << pidfile_.c_str();
             // throw;
         }
     }
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ prefix_ bool senf::Daemon::pidfileCreate()
     // was some race condition, probably over NFS.
 
     std::string tempname;
-    boost::format linkErrorFormat(" Could not link \"%1%\" to \"%2%\".");
+    boost::format linkErrorFormat("; could not link \"%1%\" to \"%2%\".");
 
     {
         char hostname[HOST_NAME_MAX+1];

Utils/Exception.cc

@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@ prefix_ char const * senf::Exception::what()
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // senf::SystemException
 
-prefix_ void senf::SystemException::init(std::string const & where, int code)
+prefix_ void senf::SystemException::init(std::string const & descr, int code)
 {
     code_ = code;
-    if (! where.empty())
-        (*this) << where << ": ";
-    (*this) << "(" << code << ") " << description();
+    (*this) << "[" << errorString() << "]";
+    if (! descr.empty()) (*this) << "; " << descr;
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////cc.e////////////////////////////////////////

Utils/Exception.cci

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ prefix_ senf::Exception::Exception(std::string const & description)
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-prefix_ senf::SystemException::SystemException(std::string const & where)
+prefix_ senf::SystemException::SystemException(std::string const & descr)
 {
-    init(where, errno);
+    init(descr, errno);
 }
 
 prefix_ senf::SystemException::SystemException(int code)
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ prefix_ senf::SystemException::SystemException(int code)
     init("", code);
 }
 
-prefix_ senf::SystemException::SystemException(std::string const & where, int code)
+prefix_ senf::SystemException::SystemException(std::string const & descr, int code)
 {
-    init(where, code);
+    init(descr, code);
 }
 
 prefix_ int senf::SystemException::errorNumber()
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ prefix_ int senf::SystemException::errorNumber()
     return code_;
 }
 
-prefix_ char const * senf::SystemException::description()
+prefix_ char const * senf::SystemException::errorString()
     const
 {
     return std::strerror(code_);

Utils/Exception.hh

@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ namespace senf {
         ///\name Structors and default members
         ///@{
 
-        explicit SystemException(std::string const & where = ""); 
+        explicit SystemException(std::string const & descr = ""); 
         explicit SystemException(int code);
-        SystemException(std::string const & where, int code);
+        SystemException(std::string const & descr, int code);
 
         virtual ~SystemException() throw();
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ namespace senf {
         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
         int errorNumber() const;        ///< Error code (\c errno number)
-        char const * description() const; ///< Error description (\c strerror() value)
+        char const * errorString() const; ///< Error string (\c strerror() value)
 
         bool anyOf(int c0, int c1=0, int c2=0, int c3=0, int c4=0, int c5=0, 
                    int c6=0, int c7=0, int c8=0, int c9=0);
@@ -171,9 +171,10 @@ namespace senf {
 
 
     private:
-        void init(std::string const & where, int code);
+        void init(std::string const & descr, int code);
         
         int code_;
+        std::string what_;
     };
 
 }

Utils/Exception.test.cc

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_UNIT_TEST(errnoException)
     }
     catch (senf::SystemException & e) {
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( e.errorNumber(), ENOENT );
-        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( e.what(), "::open(): (2) No such file or directory\nx=1\ny=2" );
+        //BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( e.what(), "::open(): (2) No such file or directory\nx=1\ny=2" );
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( e.what(), "[No such file or directory]; ::open()\nx=1\ny=2" );
     }
 }