I just noticed in datatypes.c that the
vir(Network|StoragePool|StorageVol)FreeName destructors call the public
API vir*Free() functions rather than the local virUnref*(). vir*Free()
all clear any errors, which seems like it might not be the right thing
to do (eg, if we're cleaning out the hashtables as part of some
error-handling path, and haven't yet logged the error).
On the other hand, the public API function does some sanity checking on
the object to make sure it really is what we think it is before calling
the unref. So it's got that going for it. (5 points to anyone who
catches the reference without going to Google) But I don't know enough
to know whether or not that's important in this case.
So which is more important: the extra sanity check, or not clearing
existing error codes?