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commit 5d19e2753431ad3cfa4d6505c1e3f4a89005d92c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 17 11:47:36 2024 -0500
[troff]: Disclose more context in error diag.
* src/roff/troff/input.cpp (decode_string_args): Improve error
diagnostic to disclose more context.
---
ChangeLog | 5 +++++
src/roff/troff/input.cpp | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dccb07ea4..275a6baa5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2024-09-17 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * src/roff/troff/input.cpp (decode_string_args): Improve
+ error diagnostic to disclose more context.
+
2024-09-21 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* src/roff/troff/input.cpp (close_stream): Handle being given a
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/input.cpp b/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
index 00dc10ebb..f93cbe91c 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
+++ b/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
@@ -4106,6 +4106,7 @@ static void decode_args(macro_iterator *mi)
}
}
+// XXX: This is a misnomer. It's used to read stuff like `\[e aa]` too.
static void decode_string_args(macro_iterator *mi)
{
node *n;
@@ -4114,7 +4115,7 @@ static void decode_string_args(macro_iterator *mi)
while (c == ' ')
c = get_copy(&n);
if (c == '\n' || c == EOF) {
- error("missing ']'");
+ error("missing ']' in parameterized escape sequence");
break;
}
if (c == ']')
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