Don't allow zero-length patterns to be loaded from a file

[ocaml-bitstring.git] / pa_bitmatch.ml

diff --git a/pa_bitmatch.ml b/pa_bitmatch.ml
index ef4d8eb..98151a3 100644 (file)
--- a/pa_bitmatch.ml
+++ b/pa_bitmatch.ml
@@ -791,7 +791,10 @@ let load_patterns_from_file _loc filename =
   let names = List.rev !names in
   List.iter (
     function
-    | name, P.Pattern patt -> add_named_pattern _loc name patt
+    | name, P.Pattern patt ->
+       if patt = [] then
+         locfail _loc (sprintf "pattern %s: no fields" name);
+       add_named_pattern _loc name patt
     | _, P.Constructor _ -> () (* just ignore these for now *)
   ) names