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-rw-r--r--builtin.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin.c b/builtin.c
index 934664b0..3d59e359 100644
--- a/builtin.c
+++ b/builtin.c
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ mpf1:
s0 = s1;
break;
default:
- if (do_lint && isalpha(cs1))
+ if (do_lint && is_alpha(cs1))
lintwarn(_("ignoring unknown format specifier character `%c': no argument converted"), cs1);
break;
}
@@ -1759,7 +1759,14 @@ do_substr(int nargs)
else if (do_lint == DO_LINT_INVALID && ! (d_length >= 0))
lintwarn(_("substr: length %g is not >= 0"), d_length);
DEREF(t1);
- return dupnode(Nnull_string);
+ /*
+ * Return explicit null string instead of doing
+ * dupnode(Nnull_string) so that if the result
+ * is checked with the combination of length()
+ * and lint, no error is reported about using
+ * an uninitialized value. Same thing later, too.
+ */
+ return make_string("", 0);
}
if (do_lint) {
if (double_to_int(d_length) != d_length)
@@ -1813,7 +1820,7 @@ do_substr(int nargs)
if (do_lint && (do_lint == DO_LINT_ALL || ((indx | length) != 0)))
lintwarn(_("substr: source string is zero length"));
DEREF(t1);
- return dupnode(Nnull_string);
+ return make_string("", 0);
}
/* get total len of input string, for following checks */
@@ -1830,7 +1837,7 @@ do_substr(int nargs)
lintwarn(_("substr: start index %g is past end of string"),
d_index);
DEREF(t1);
- return dupnode(Nnull_string);
+ return make_string("", 0);
}
if (length > src_len - indx) {
if (do_lint)