Prefer safe alternatives to getWindowAttributes #647
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Description
Since X11 is unlikely to get safe bindings anytime soon, I figured this was better than nothing.
X.Prelude: Add safeGetWindowAttributes
Move the function from X.U.DebugWindow, where it was defined already.
This is a safe version of getWindowAttributes, returning a Maybe instead
of throwing an exception, in case the window attributes could not be
retrieved.
Prefer safe alternatives to getWindowAttributes
Whenever possible, prefer the safe wrappers withWindowAttributes or
safeGetWindowAttributes to getWindowAttributes.
Places where these are not applicable are limited to layouts, where
there is not good "default value" to give back in case these calls fail.
In these cases, we let the exception handling of the layout mechanism
handle it and fall back to the Full layout.
Fixes: #146
Checklist
I've read CONTRIBUTING.md
I've considered how to best test these changes (property, unit,
manually, ...) and concluded: it compiles...!
I updated the
CHANGES.md
fileI'm not sure this warrants an entry since it's not a user-facing change.