string: add helper string_expression()

This will help to detect earlier syntax errors concerning
string constants.

Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/expression.c b/expression.c
index f955fb15..ffb6cb9d 100644
--- a/expression.c
+++ b/expression.c
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ struct token *parens_expression(struct token *token, struct expression **expr, c
 	return expect(token, ')', where);
 }
 
+struct token *string_expression(struct token *token, struct expression **expr, const char *where)
+{
+	struct token *next = primary_expression(token, expr);
+
+	if (!*expr || (*expr)->type != EXPR_STRING) {
+		sparse_error(token->pos, "string literal expected for %s", where);
+		*expr = NULL;
+	}
+	return next;
+}
+
 /*
  * Handle __func__, __FUNCTION__ and __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ token
  * conversion
diff --git a/expression.h b/expression.h
index ed6f4d65..13f35e64 100644
--- a/expression.h
+++ b/expression.h
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ struct token *parse_expression(struct token *token, struct expression **tree);
 struct token *conditional_expression(struct token *token, struct expression **tree);
 struct token *primary_expression(struct token *token, struct expression **tree);
 struct token *parens_expression(struct token *token, struct expression **expr, const char *where);
+struct token *string_expression(struct token *token, struct expression **expr, const char *where);
 struct token *assignment_expression(struct token *token, struct expression **tree);
 
 extern int expand_symbol(struct symbol *);