# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 867880109 0
# Node ID 2d485faf2fa3cbeb4794ba594021207da669b20b
# Parent  2280158c4449ab96a7f4f7ae265b8738672a5b01
[project @ 1997-07-02 21:48:29 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/error.cc b/src/error.cc
--- a/src/error.cc
+++ b/src/error.cc
@@ -213,7 +213,15 @@
 
   if (nargin > 0)
     {
-      octave_value arg = ((nargin > 1) ? Fsprintf (args, 1) : args) (0);
+      octave_value arg;
+
+      if (nargin > 1)
+	{
+	  octave_value_list tmp = Fsprintf (args, 1);
+	  arg = tmp(0);
+	}
+      else
+	arg = args(0);
 
       if (arg.is_defined ())
 	{