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1 /* Declaration for error-reporting function
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 NOTE: The canonical source of this file is maintained with the GNU C Library.
6 Bugs can be reported to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
9 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
10 Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
11 later version.
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307,
21 USA. */
23 #ifndef _ERROR_H
24 #define _ERROR_H 1
26 #ifndef __attribute__
27 /* This feature is available in gcc versions 2.5 and later. */
28 # if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 5) || __STRICT_ANSI__
29 # define __attribute__(Spec) /* empty */
30 # endif
31 /* The __-protected variants of `format' and `printf' attributes
32 are accepted by gcc versions 2.6.4 (effectively 2.7) and later. */
33 # if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 7)
34 # define __format__ format
35 # define __printf__ printf
36 # endif
37 #endif
39 #ifdef __cplusplus
40 extern "C" {
41 #endif
43 #if defined (__STDC__) && __STDC__
45 /* Print a message with `fprintf (stderr, FORMAT, ...)';
46 if ERRNUM is nonzero, follow it with ": " and strerror (ERRNUM).
47 If STATUS is nonzero, terminate the program with `exit (STATUS)'. */
49 extern void error (int status, int errnum, const char *format, ...)
50 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__, 3, 4)));
52 extern void error_at_line (int status, int errnum, const char *fname,
53 unsigned int lineno, const char *format, ...)
54 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__, 5, 6)));
56 /* If NULL, error will flush stdout, then print on stderr the program
57 name, a colon and a space. Otherwise, error will call this
58 function without parameters instead. */
59 extern void (*error_print_progname) (void);
61 #else
62 void error ();
63 void error_at_line ();
64 extern void (*error_print_progname) ();
65 #endif
67 /* This variable is incremented each time `error' is called. */
68 extern unsigned int error_message_count;
70 /* Sometimes we want to have at most one error per line. This
71 variable controls whether this mode is selected or not. */
72 extern int error_one_per_line;
74 #ifdef __cplusplus
76 #endif
78 #endif /* error.h */