}
-/* Dump an error message; called like vprintf. */
-void
-verror (const char *m, va_list ap)
+/* Format and return a string; called like vprintf. */
+Lisp_Object
+vformat_string (const char *m, va_list ap)
{
char buf[4000];
ptrdiff_t size = sizeof buf;
if (buffer != buf)
xfree (buffer);
- xsignal1 (Qerror, string);
+ return string;
+}
+
+/* Dump an error message; called like vprintf. */
+void
+verror (const char *m, va_list ap)
+{
+ xsignal1 (Qerror, vformat_string (m, ap));
}