Subject: bug#68624: [PATCH] Decode errno for encoding errors.

From: Felix Lechner <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 19:38:26 -0800

* libguile/strings.c (scm_encoding_error): Decode errno.
---

Hi,

Even experienced users do not memorize errno values. [1][2] Why not
decode them as a courtesy?

Kind regards
Felix Lechner

[1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/62590
[2] https://debbugs.gnu.org/59510

libguile/strings.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libguile/strings.c b/libguile/strings.c
index 5eebb3300..ba69bd65e 100644
--- a/libguile/strings.c
+++ b/libguile/strings.c
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ scm_encoding_error (const char *subr, int err, const char *message,
   scm_throw (scm_encoding_error_key,
 	     scm_list_n (scm_from_latin1_string (subr),
 			 scm_from_latin1_string (message),
-			 scm_from_int (err),
+			 scm_strerror (err),
 			 port, chr,
 			 SCM_UNDEFINED));
 }

base-commit: d8df317bafcdd9fcfebb636433c4871f2fab28b2
-- 
2.41.0