@@ -777,11 +777,13 @@ const char* bc_strerror(int err) case 0: return "Success"; case BCERR_INVALID_INPUT: - return "Invalid input"; + return "Invalid input - input must contain only 0s or 1s; " + "partial results shown"; case BCERR_PARITY_MISMATCH: return "Parity mismatch"; case BCERR_NO_FORMAT_FILE: - return "No format file"; + return "No formats file - make sure formats.txt is in the " + "current directory"; case BCERR_PCRE_COMPILE_FAILED: return "PCRE compile failed"; case BCERR_FORMAT_MISSING_PERIOD: @@ -789,7 +791,8 @@ const char* bc_strerror(int err) case BCERR_FORMAT_MISSING_NAME: return "Format missing name"; case BCERR_NO_MATCHING_FORMAT: - return "No matching format"; + return "No matching format - to recognize the fields in this " + "data, add a format to formats.txt"; case BCERR_BAD_FORMAT_ENCODING_TYPE: return "Bad format encoding type"; case BCERR_FORMAT_MISSING_RE: bitconvert.c 6d1c8917a43fa76b7948e26fa943db1a2a379bb2 Denver Gingerich denver@ossguy.com http://github.com/ossguy/libbitconvert/commit/a69cd94b71d3aa315d2bb2cd0e305f3c21404adc a69cd94b71d3aa315d2bb2cd0e305f3c21404adc 2009-05-27T06:45:21-07:00 2009-05-27T06:45:21-07:00 make common error strings more descriptive Add more descriptive error strings for common errors, namely BCERR_INVALID_INPUT, BCERR_NO_FORMAT_FILE, and BCERR_NO_MATCHING_FORMAT. f060b20247d0eae73ede2657b513c82d6010cbc4 Denver Gingerich denver@ossguy.com