[patch, fortran] Remove closing periods from error messages.
Jerry DeLisle
jvdelisle@verizon.net
Wed Nov 15 23:56:00 GMT 2006
Brooks Moses wrote:
> According to the GNU error-message standards, error messages should not
> end with periods. GFortran has a dozen or so errors and warnings that
> violate this rule, which I found with the following grep patterns:
>
> grep -A3 'gfc_error' * | grep '\."'
> grep -A3 'gfc_warn' * | grep '\."'
>
> Whether or not this rule is appropriate for the verbose error messages
> of the form that GFortran emits (as opposed to the terse single-line
> ones envisioned by the GNU standards) is debatable, I think, but in any
> case it's probably best to be consistent. Thus, the attached patch at
> least applies consistency.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 2006-11-15 Brooks Moses <brooks.moses@codesourcery.com>
>
> * data.c: Remove trailing periods from error messages.
> * decl.c: Likewise.
> * expr.c: Likewise.
> * io.c: Likewise.
> * match.c: Likewise.
> * module.c: Likewise.
> * options.c: Likewise.
> * resolve.c: Likewise.
> * symbol.c: Likewise.
> * trans-io.c: Likewise.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Regression tested on i686-pc-linux-gnu. Ok for trunk?
>
> - Brooks
>
OK
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