Merge branch 'hash-always-has-type' of github.com:obsidiansystems/nix into better-ca-parse-errors

src/libutil/archive.cc

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void parse(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
                             names[name] = 0;
                     }
                 } else if (s == "node") {
-                    if (s.empty()) throw badArchive("entry name missing");
+                    if (name.empty()) throw badArchive("entry name missing");
                     parse(sink, source, path + "/" + name);
                 } else
                     throw badArchive("unknown field " + s);

src/libutil/error.hh

@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ struct ErrPos {
     {
         line = pos.line;
         column = pos.column;
-        file = pos.file;
+        // is file symbol null?
+        if (pos.file.set())
+            file = pos.file;
+        else
+            file = "";
         return *this;
     }
 

src/libutil/hash.cc

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ string printHashType(HashType ht)
     default:
         // illegal hash type enum value internally, as opposed to external input
         // which should be validated with nice error message.
-        abort();
+        assert(false);
     }
 }
 

src/libutil/tests/logging.cc

@@ -289,4 +289,22 @@ namespace nix {
             "what about this " ANSI_YELLOW "%3%" ANSI_NORMAL " " ANSI_YELLOW "one" ANSI_NORMAL);
 
     }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * ErrPos
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(errpos, invalidPos) {
+
+      // contains an invalid symbol, which we should not dereference!
+      Pos invalid;
+
+      // constructing without access violation.
+      ErrPos ep(invalid);
+    
+      // assignment without access violation.
+      ep = invalid;
+
+    }
+
 }