Silence yet more bcc32 compiler warnings

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / toke.c

diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index ad50ec5..ac7599e 100644 (file)
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -9261,8 +9261,12 @@ S_scan_pat(pTHX_ char *start, I32 type)
     PMOP *pm;
     char *s = scan_str(start,FALSE,FALSE);
 
-    if (!s)
-       Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Search pattern not terminated");
+    if (!s) {
+       char *delimiter = skipspace(start);
+       Perl_croak(aTHX_ *delimiter == '?'
+                  ? "Search pattern not terminated or ternary operator parsed as search pattern"
+                  : "Search pattern not terminated" );
+    }
 
     pm = (PMOP*)newPMOP(type, 0);
     if (PL_multi_open == '?')