From 6796698c9945d87236ffcc939137d0919ef04931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:13:59 +0000 Subject: all: quote string arguments in error messages These strings are often file names or other user specified parameters, which can give confusing errors in the presence of unexpected characters for example. * cfg.mk (sc_error_quotes): A new syntax check rule. * src/*.c: Wrap error() string arguments with quote(). * tests/: Adjust accordingly. * NEWS: Mention the improvement. --- src/operand2sig.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src/operand2sig.c') diff --git a/src/operand2sig.c b/src/operand2sig.c index bc3b2279e..d41038778 100644 --- a/src/operand2sig.c +++ b/src/operand2sig.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include "system.h" #include "error.h" +#include "quote.h" #include "sig2str.h" #include "operand2sig.h" @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ operand2sig (char const *operand, char *signame) if (signum < 0 || sig2str (signum, signame) != 0) { - error (0, 0, _("%s: invalid signal"), operand); + error (0, 0, _("%s: invalid signal"), quote (operand)); return -1; } -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf