From 3de39c70c11c4b50d231799ba27289872832df1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:29:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] print variable name with errors only for known variables.
this makes errors for "anonymous" evaluations (if statement, immediate variables) less confusing.
---
src/variable.cpp | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/variable.cpp b/src/variable.cpp
index 2991f8c78a..d77bc0e696 100644
--- a/src/variable.cpp
+++ b/src/variable.cpp
@@ -4589,18 +4589,19 @@ char *Variable::find_next_comma(char *str)
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- debug routine for printing formula tree recursively
+ helper routine for printing variable name with error message
------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
void Variable::print_var_error(const char *srcfile, int lineno,
const char *errmsg, int ivar)
{
- const char *varname = (const char*)"(unknown)";
- if ((ivar >= 0) && (ivar < nvar)) varname = names[ivar];
+ if ((ivar >= 0) && (ivar < nvar)) {
+ char msg[128];
- char msg[128];
- sprintf(msg,"Variable %s: %s",varname,errmsg);
- error->all(srcfile,lineno,msg);}
+ sprintf(msg,"Variable %s: %s",names[ivar],errmsg);
+ error->all(srcfile,lineno,msg);
+ } else error->all(srcfile,lineno,errmsg);
+}
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
debug routine for printing formula tree recursively
--
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