Improve error message for extraneous '%}'.

3 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 115a1b511..d875740a5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Version 3.0.4 (in progress)
 ===========================
 
 2015-01-08: olly
+	    Improve error message for extraneous '%}'.
+
+2015-01-08: olly
 	    Improve error message when an unknown SWIG directive is used - this
 	    previously gave the cryptic "Error: Syntax error in input(1).", but
 	    now gives "Error: Unknown directive '%foo'."
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/errors/c_extra_rblock.stderr b/Examples/test-suite/errors/c_extra_rblock.stderr
index 82877023a..be14eee4c 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/errors/c_extra_rblock.stderr
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/errors/c_extra_rblock.stderr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c_extra_rblock.i:5: Error: Syntax error in input(1).
+c_extra_rblock.i:5: Error: Syntax error. Extraneous '%}'
diff --git a/Source/Swig/scanner.c b/Source/Swig/scanner.c
index d8c3f7f3f..b0d608c9e 100644
--- a/Source/Swig/scanner.c
+++ b/Source/Swig/scanner.c
@@ -824,6 +824,9 @@ static int look(Scanner *s) {
 	state = 7;
       } else if (c == '=') {
 	return SWIG_TOKEN_MODEQUAL;
+      } else if (c == '}') {
+	Swig_error(cparse_file, cparse_line, "Syntax error. Extraneous '%%}'\n");
+	exit(1);
       } else {
 	retract(s, 1);
 	return SWIG_TOKEN_PERCENT;