* \param loc the location, defaulting to the current file,
* or the program name.
* \param prefix put before the message (e.g., "warning").
- * \param message the error message, a printf format string.
+ * \param message the error message, a printf format string. Iff it
+ * ends with ": ", then no trailing newline is printed,
+ * and the caller should print the remaining
+ * newline-terminated message to stderr.
* \param args the arguments of the format string.
*/
static
fprintf (stderr, "%s: ", prefix);
vfprintf (stderr, message, args);
- putc ('\n', stderr);
- fflush (stderr);
+ {
+ size_t l = strlen (message);
+ if (l < 2 || message[l-2] != ':' || message[l-1] != ' ') {
+ putc ('\n', stderr);
+ fflush (stderr);
+ }
+ }
}
/** Wrap error_message() with varargs handling. */