Adding hpcError, that improves error messages with usage

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/utils/hpc/HpcFlags.hs b/utils/hpc/HpcFlags.hs
index 2cbe0c19c3..38abe6315e 100644
--- a/utils/hpc/HpcFlags.hs
+++ b/utils/hpc/HpcFlags.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import Data.Maybe ( fromMaybe )
 import qualified HpcSet as Set
 import Data.Char
 import Trace.Hpc.Tix
+import System.Exit
 
 data Flags = Flags 
   { outputFile		:: String
@@ -108,6 +109,12 @@ command_usage plugin =
 				        then ""
   	                                else usageInfo "\n\nOptions:\n" (options plugin)
 
+hpcError :: Plugin -> String -> IO a
+hpcError plugin msg = do
+   putStrLn $ "Error: " ++ msg
+   command_usage plugin
+   exitFailure
+ 
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 data Plugin = Plugin { name           :: String