From 845196800bff0220090295b40af3d99c26061077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mfranz <mfranz>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:47:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] f_alias: catch SGPropertyNode exceptions and generate runtime
 error

---
 src/Scripting/nasal-props.cxx | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Scripting/nasal-props.cxx b/src/Scripting/nasal-props.cxx
index 359eb9131..e6e542eae 100644
--- a/src/Scripting/nasal-props.cxx
+++ b/src/Scripting/nasal-props.cxx
@@ -306,10 +306,12 @@ static naRef f_alias(naContext c, naRef me, int argc, naRef* args)
     NODEARG();
     SGPropertyNode* al;
     naRef prop = naVec_get(argv, 0);
-    if(naIsString(prop)) al = globals->get_props()->getNode(naStr_data(prop), true);
-    else if(naIsGhost(prop)) al = *(SGPropertyNode_ptr*)naGhost_ptr(prop);
-    else {
-        naRuntimeError(c, "props.alias() with bad argument");
+    try {
+        if(naIsString(prop)) al = globals->get_props()->getNode(naStr_data(prop), true);
+        else if(naIsGhost(prop)) al = *(SGPropertyNode_ptr*)naGhost_ptr(prop);
+        else throw string("props.alias() with bad argument");
+    } catch (const string& err) {
+        naRuntimeError(c, (char *)err.c_str());
         return naNil();
     }
     return naNum((*node)->alias(al));
-- 
2.39.5