better error messages

svn path=/trunk/externals/zexy/; revision=9463

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/msgfile.c b/src/msgfile.c
index a2901de..ac90e41 100644
--- a/src/msgfile.c
+++ b/src/msgfile.c
@@ -592,13 +592,19 @@ static void msgfile_read2(t_msgfile *x, t_symbol *filename, t_symbol *format)
     break;
   }
 
-  if ((length = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END)) < 0 || lseek(fd, 0,SEEK_SET) < 0
-      || !(readbuf = t_getbytes(length))) {
+  if ((length = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END)) < 0 || lseek(fd, 0,SEEK_SET) < 0) {
     pd_error(x, "msgfile_read: unable to lseek %s", filnam);
     close(fd);
     return;
   }
 
+  if (!(readbuf = t_getbytes(length))) {
+    pd_error(x, "msgfile_read: could not reserve %d bytes to read into", length);
+    close(fd);
+    return;
+  }
+
+
   /* read */
   if ((readlength = read(fd, readbuf, length)) < length) {
     pd_error(x, "msgfile_read: unable to read %s", filnam);