From: Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 02:46:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (doprnt): Reword confusing error message.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~9137
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ee0c28e3433289ab5bfb0e9daa950cc388b26712;p=emacs.git

(doprnt): Reword confusing error message.
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diff --git a/src/doprnt.c b/src/doprnt.c
index 303846124f4..13fa047dcbe 100644
--- a/src/doprnt.c
+++ b/src/doprnt.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ doprnt (buffer, bufsize, format, format_end, nargs, args)
 	    case 'o':
 	    case 'x':
 	      if (cnt == nargs)
-		error ("Format string wants too many arguments");
+		error ("not enough arguments for format string");
 	      sprintf (sprintf_buffer, fmtcpy, args[cnt++]);
 	      /* Now copy into final output, truncating as nec.  */
 	      string = sprintf_buffer;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ doprnt (buffer, bufsize, format, format_end, nargs, args)
 	      {
 		union { double d; char *half[2]; } u;
 		if (cnt + 1 == nargs)
-		  error ("Format string wants too many arguments");
+		  error ("not enough arguments for format string");
 		u.half[0] = args[cnt++];
 		u.half[1] = args[cnt++];
 		sprintf (sprintf_buffer, fmtcpy, u.d);
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ doprnt (buffer, bufsize, format, format_end, nargs, args)
 	      string[-1] = 's';
 	    case 's':
 	      if (cnt == nargs)
-		error ("Format string wants too many arguments");
+		error ("not enough arguments for format string");
 	      string = args[cnt++];
 	      if (fmtcpy[1] != 's')
 		minlen = atoi (&fmtcpy[1]);
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ doprnt (buffer, bufsize, format, format_end, nargs, args)
 
 	    case 'c':
 	      if (cnt == nargs)
-		error ("Format string wants too many arguments");
+		error ("not enough arguments for format string");
 	      *bufptr++ = (int) args[cnt++];
 	      bufsize--;
 	      continue;