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Diffstat (limited to 'Src')
| -rw-r--r-- | Src/builtin.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Src/builtin.c b/Src/builtin.c index 36b780e8c..95f3b6f57 100644 --- a/Src/builtin.c +++ b/Src/builtin.c @@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ typeset_single(char *cname, char *pname, Param pm, int func, "%s: array elements must be scalar", pname, 0); return NULL; } - } else if (isident(pname)) { + } else if (isident(pname) && !idigit(*pname)) { /* * Create a new node for a parameter with the flags in `on' minus the * readonly flag @@ -1918,7 +1918,10 @@ typeset_single(char *cname, char *pname, Param pm, int func, DPUTS(!pm, "BUG: parameter not created"); pm->ct = auxlen; } else { - zerr("not an identifier: %s", pname, 0); + if (isident(pname)) + zerrnam(cname, "not valid in this context: %s", pname, 0); + else + zerrnam(cname, "not an identifier: %s", pname, 0); return NULL; } |