Better error messages for some polymorphic functions

New auxiliary functions/macros 'luaL_argexpected'/'luaL_typeerror'
ease the creation of error messages such as

  bad argument #2 to 'setmetatable' (nil or table expected, got boolean)

(The novelty being the "got boolean" part...)
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Roberto Ierusalimschy
2018-12-10 13:46:03 -02:00
parent 28d829c867
commit 46beca5bed
7 changed files with 41 additions and 12 deletions

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@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ static int db_getmetatable (lua_State *L) {
static int db_setmetatable (lua_State *L) {
int t = lua_type(L, 2);
luaL_argcheck(L, t == LUA_TNIL || t == LUA_TTABLE, 2,
"nil or table expected");
luaL_argexpected(L, t == LUA_TNIL || t == LUA_TTABLE, 2, "nil or table");
lua_settop(L, 2);
lua_setmetatable(L, 1);
return 1; /* return 1st argument */