* lisp/subr.el (define-error): New function.

* doc/lispref/control.texi (Signaling Errors): Refer to define-error.
(Error Symbols): Add `define-error'.
* doc/lispref/errors.texi (Standard Errors): Don't refer to `error-conditions'.
* lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.el (ada-error-file-not-found): Rename from
error-file-not-found and define with define-error.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el (cl-assertion-failed): Move here from subr.el
and define with define-error.
* lisp/userlock.el (file-locked, file-supersession):
* lisp/simple.el (mark-inactive):
* lisp/progmodes/js.el (js-moz-bad-rpc, js-js-error):
* lisp/progmodes/ada-mode.el (ada-mode-errors):
* lisp/play/life.el (life-extinct):
* lisp/nxml/xsd-regexp.el (xsdre-invalid-regexp, xsdre-parse-error):
* lisp/nxml/xmltok.el (xmltok-markup-declaration-parse-error):
* lisp/nxml/rng-util.el (rng-error):
* lisp/nxml/rng-uri.el (rng-uri-error):
* lisp/nxml/rng-match.el (rng-compile-error):
* lisp/nxml/rng-cmpct.el (rng-c-incorrect-schema):
* lisp/nxml/nxml-util.el (nxml-error, nxml-file-parse-error):
* lisp/nxml/nxml-rap.el (nxml-scan-error):
* lisp/nxml/nxml-outln.el (nxml-outline-error):
* lisp/net/soap-client.el (soap-error):
* lisp/net/gnutls.el (gnutls-error):
* lisp/net/ange-ftp.el (ftp-error):
* lisp/mpc.el (mpc-proc-error):
* lisp/json.el (json-error, json-readtable-error, json-unknown-keyword)
(json-number-format, json-string-escape, json-string-format)
(json-key-format, json-object-format):
* lisp/jka-compr.el (compression-error):
* lisp/international/quail.el (quail-error):
* lisp/international/kkc.el (kkc-error):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el (ert-test-failed):
* lisp/calc/calc.el (calc-error, inexact-result, math-overflow)
(math-underflow):
* lisp/bookmark.el (bookmark-error-no-filename):
* lisp/epg.el (epg-error): Define with define-error.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 43a9fc015b..b8b0d5af3b 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -312,6 +312,26 @@ result of an actual problem."
   (while t
     (signal 'user-error (list (apply #'format format args)))))
 
+(defun define-error (name message &optional parent)
+  "Define NAME as a new error signal.
+MESSAGE is a string that will be output to the echo area if such an error
+is signaled without being caught by a `condition-case'.
+PARENT is either a signal or a list of signals from which it inherits.
+Defaults to `error'."
+  (unless parent (setq parent 'error))
+  (let ((conditions
+         (if (consp parent)
+             (apply #'nconc
+                    (mapcar (lambda (parent)
+                              (cons parent
+                                    (or (get parent 'error-conditions)
+                                        (error "Unknown signal `%s'" parent))))
+                            parent))
+           (cons parent (get parent 'error-conditions)))))
+    (put name 'error-conditions
+         (delete-dups (copy-sequence (cons name conditions))))
+    (when message (put name 'error-message message))))
+
 ;; We put this here instead of in frame.el so that it's defined even on
 ;; systems where frame.el isn't loaded.
 (defun frame-configuration-p (object)
@@ -2526,11 +2546,6 @@ When the hook runs, the temporary buffer is current.
 This hook is normally set up with a function to put the buffer in Help
 mode.")
 
-;; The `assert' macro from the cl package signals
-;; `cl-assertion-failed' at runtime so always define it.
-(put 'cl-assertion-failed 'error-conditions '(error))
-(put 'cl-assertion-failed 'error-message (purecopy "Assertion failed"))
-
 (defconst user-emacs-directory
   (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos)
       ;; MS-DOS cannot have initial dot.