From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11591 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2009 19:36:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 11377 invoked by uid 48); 6 Nov 2009 19:36:27 -0000 Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:36:00 -0000 From: "dsmith at redhat dot com" To: systemtap@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <20091106193626.10913.dsmith@redhat.com> Reply-To: sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug translator/10913] New: bad/misleading translator error message X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo Mailing-List: contact systemtap-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: systemtap-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-q4/txt/msg00456.txt.bz2 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. -- 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 ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.