sc_error.c

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/*
 
  $Id: sc_error.c 1641 2016-03-02 08:20:19Z coelho $
 
  Copyright 1989-2016 MINES ParisTech
 
  This file is part of Linear/C3 Library.
 
  Linear/C3 Library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  any later version.
 
  Linear/C3 Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
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*/
 
 /* package sc */
 
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
    #include "config.h"
#endif
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
        
/* void sc_error(va_dcl va_alist) should be called to terminate execution
 * and to core dump when data structures are corrupted or when an undefined
 * operation is requested (zero divide for instance).
 * SC_ERROR should be called as:
 * 
 *   SC_ERROR(function_name, format, expression-list)
 * 
 * where function_name is a string containing the name of the function
 * calling SC_ERROR, and where format and expression-list are passed as
 * arguments to vprintf. SC_ERROR terminates execution with abort.
 */
void sc_error(char * name, char * fmt, ...)
{
    va_list args;
 
    va_start(args, fmt);
 
    /* print name of function causing error */
    (void) fprintf(stderr, "sc error in %s: ", name);
 
    /* print out remainder of message */
    (void) vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
    va_end(args);
 
    /* create a core file for debug */
    (void) abort();
}