GNU bug report logs - #70142
[PATCH] Fix error messages containing format strings

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Michael Käppler <xmichael-k <at> web.de>

Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 14:08:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Käppler <xmichael-k <at> web.de>
Cc: 70142-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70142: [PATCH] Fix error messages containing format strings
Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 11:42:34 +0200

Hi Michael,

Michael Käppler <xmichael-k <at> web.de> skribis:

> The reason is that format strings occurring in the message are
> escaped, see `module/ice-9/boot-9.scm`  and
> `module/language/tree-il/primitives.scm`.
>
> So a call of
>
> `(error "Wrong argument: ~a" 42)`
>
> is rendered as
>
> "Wrong argument: ~a 42"
> Some callers did not take this behavior into account.

Good catch, applied.  Thanks!

Ludo’.
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