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[Bug translator/10913] New: bad/misleading translator error message
- From: "dsmith at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 6 Nov 2009 19:36:27 -0000
- Subject: [Bug translator/10913] New: bad/misleading translator error message
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
Here's the test script:
====
function foo:long()
%{
THIS->__retvalue = 5;
}
probe begin
(
printf("%d\n", foo())
}
====
Notice that the closing brace of the embedded-C function should be '%}', not
'}'. Here's what you get when you run this script.
====
# stap -vg test.stp
parse error: expected '{'
saw: junk '??THIS->__retvalue = 5;?}??probe begin?(??printf("%d\n", foo())?}'
at junk.stp:2:1
source: %{
^
1 parse error(s).
Pass 1: parsed user script and 63 library script(s) using
83216virt/20040res/2396shr kb, in 150usr/50sys/201real ms.
Pass 1: parse failed. Try again with another '--vp 1' option.
====
The translator's error message is completely confusing. It points at the open
bracket, not at the lack of a proper closing bracket.
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Summary: bad/misleading translator error message
Product: systemtap
Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: translator
AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
ReportedBy: dsmith at redhat dot com
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10913
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