1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/p-exp.y b/gdb/p-exp.y
index 2140b60..f334db6 100644
--- a/gdb/p-exp.y
+++ b/gdb/p-exp.y
@@ -1239,13 +1239,8 @@ yylex (void)
 	toktype = parse_number (pstate, tokstart,
 				p - tokstart, got_dot | got_e, &yylval);
 	if (toktype == ERROR)
-	  {
-	    char *err_copy = (char *) alloca (p - tokstart + 1);
-
-	    memcpy (err_copy, tokstart, p - tokstart);
-	    err_copy[p - tokstart] = 0;
-	    error (_("Invalid number \"%s\"."), err_copy);
-	  }
+	  error (_("Invalid number \"%.*s\"."), (int) (p - tokstart),
+		 tokstart);
 	pstate->lexptr = p;
 	return toktype;
       }