C: patch for failed creation of AVL with errno EEXIST

src/obidmscolumn.c

@@ -1725,17 +1725,33 @@ int obi_close_column(OBIDMS_column_p column)
 int obi_clone_column_indexer(OBIDMS_column_p column)
 {
 	char* new_indexer_name;
+	int i;
 
-	new_indexer_name = obi_build_indexer_name((column->header)->name, (column->header)->version);
+	i=0;
+	while (true) // find avl name not already used
+	{
+		new_indexer_name = obi_build_indexer_name((column->header)->name, ((column->header)->version)+i);
 		if (new_indexer_name == NULL)
 			return -1;
 
 		column->indexer = obi_clone_indexer(column->indexer, new_indexer_name);	// TODO Need to lock this somehow?
 		if (column->indexer == NULL)
 		{
+			if (errno == EEXIST)
+			{
+				free(new_indexer_name);
+				i++;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				free(new_indexer_name);
 				obidebug(1, "\nError cloning a column's indexer to make it writable");
 				return -1;
 			}
+		}
+		else
+			break;
+	}
 
 	strcpy((column->header)->indexer_name, new_indexer_name);
 
@@ -2415,16 +2431,20 @@ char* obi_get_formatted_elements_names(OBIDMS_column_p column)
 }
 
 
-char* obi_column_formatted_infos(OBIDMS_column_p column)
+char* obi_column_formatted_infos(OBIDMS_column_p column, bool detailed)
 {
-	char* column_infos;
-	char* elt_names;
-
-	column_infos = malloc(1024 * sizeof(char));
+	char* column_infos = NULL;
+	char* elt_names = NULL;
+	char* column_name = NULL;
+	 // should be in view.c because alias exists in the context of view
+	column_infos = malloc(2048 * sizeof(char)); // TODO
 
 	elt_names = obi_get_formatted_elements_names(column);
 
 
+//  "column_name, data type: OBI_TYPE, element names: [formatted element names](, all comments)"
+
+
 	free(elt_names);
 	return column_infos;
 }