Avoid lengthy stack traces for log(undefined);

Improve log(<xml/>);

Patch by Benjamin Young.

Closes COUCHDB-895.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/branches/1.0.x@1035105 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 6472bb1a..bd91f7ed 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -66,5 +66,6 @@ suggesting improvements or submitting changes. Some of these people are:
  * Lim Yue Chuan <shasderias@gmail.com>
  * David Davis <xantus@xantus.org>
  * Dale Harvey <dale@arandomurl.com>
+ * Benjamin Young <byoung@bigbluehat.com>
 
 For a list of authors see the `AUTHORS` file.
diff --git a/share/server/util.js b/share/server/util.js
index 77b934ed..a5dfa127 100644
--- a/share/server/util.js
+++ b/share/server/util.js
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ function respond(obj) {
 
 function log(message) {
   // idea: query_server_config option for log level
-  if (typeof message != "string") {
+  if (typeof message == "xml") {
+    message = message.toXMLString();
+  } else if (typeof message != "string") {
     message = Couch.toJSON(message);
   }
-  respond(["log", message]);
+  respond(["log", String(message)]);
 };