error: Improve documentation some more

Don't claim error_report_err() always reports to stderr.  It actually
reports to the current monitor when we have one.

Clarify intended use of error_abort and error_fatal.
Signed-off-by: NMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1454522628-28294-2-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: NLluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>

include/qapi/error.h

@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
  *     error_setg(&err, "invalid quark\n"
  *                "Valid quarks are up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom.");
  *
- * Report an error to stderr:
+ * Report an error to the current monitor if we have one, else stderr:
  *     error_report_err(err);
  * This frees the error object.
  *
- * Report an error to stderr with additional text prepended:
+ * Likewise, but with additional text prepended:
  *     error_reportf_err(err, "Could not frobnicate '%s': ", name);
  *
  * Report an error somewhere else:
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ ErrorClass error_get_class(const Error *err);
  * human-readable error message is made from printf-style @fmt, ...
  * The resulting message should be a single phrase, with no newline or
  * trailing punctuation.
+ * Please don't error_setg(&error_fatal, ...), use error_report() and
+ * exit(), because that's more obvious.
+ * Likewise, don't error_setg(&error_abort, ...), use assert().
  */
 #define error_setg(errp, fmt, ...)                              \
     error_setg_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,   \
@@ -213,6 +216,8 @@ void error_setg_win32_internal(Error **errp,
  * the error object.
  * Else, move the error object from @local_err to *@dst_errp.
  * On return, @local_err is invalid.
+ * Please don't error_propagate(&error_fatal, ...), use
+ * error_report_err() and exit(), because that's more obvious.
  */
 void error_propagate(Error **dst_errp, Error *local_err);
 
@@ -291,12 +296,14 @@ void error_set_internal(Error **errp,
     GCC_FMT_ATTR(6, 7);
 
 /*
- * Pass to error_setg() & friends to abort() on error.
+ * Special error destination to abort on error.
+ * See error_setg() and error_propagate() for details.
  */
 extern Error *error_abort;
 
 /*
- * Pass to error_setg() & friends to exit(1) on error.
+ * Special error destination to exit(1) on error.
+ * See error_setg() and error_propagate() for details.
  */
 extern Error *error_fatal;