Re: [PATCH v4 02/16] Report bugs consistently

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> writes:

> diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
> index db0fafe..67d67f8 100644
> --- a/imap-send.c
> +++ b/imap-send.c
> @@ -506,12 +506,12 @@ static char *next_arg(char **s)
>  
>  static int nfsnprintf(char *buf, int blen, const char *fmt, ...)
>  {
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret = -1;
>  	va_list va;
>  
>  	va_start(va, fmt);
>  	if (blen <= 0 || (unsigned)(ret = vsnprintf(buf, blen, fmt, va)) >= (unsigned)blen)
> -		die("Fatal: buffer too small. Please report a bug.");
> +		die("BUG: buffer too small (%d < %d)", ret, blen);
>  	va_end(va);
>  	return ret;
>  }

If "you gave me this size but you need at least this much" is truly
worth reporting, then this is misleading (ret is shown as -1 but you
do not even know how much is necessary).  In any case, this should
be done as a separate step anyway.

All the other hunks looked sensible.

Thanks.
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