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