diagnostics: Add '&formatted-message'.

This allows 'gettext' to be called on the format string at the site
where the exception is caught (rather than the site where it's thrown).
It also allows for argument highlighting.

* guix/diagnostics.scm (&formatted-message): New condition type.
(check-format-string): New procedure.
(formatted-message): New macro.
* guix/ui.scm (report-load-error): Add clause for 'formatted-message?'.
(warn-about-load-error): Likewise.
(call-with-error-handling): Likewise.
(read/eval): Likewise.

guix/diagnostics.scm

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 (define-module (guix diagnostics)
   #:use-module (guix colors)
   #:use-module (guix i18n)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-35)
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@
             error-location?
             error-location
 
+            formatted-message
+            formatted-message?
+            formatted-message-string
+            formatted-message-arguments
+
             &fix-hint
             fix-hint?
             condition-fix-hint
@@ -255,6 +261,65 @@ a location object."
   fix-hint?
   (hint condition-fix-hint))                      ;string
 
+(define-condition-type &formatted-message &error
+  formatted-message?
+  (format    formatted-message-string)
+  (arguments formatted-message-arguments))
+
+(define (check-format-string location format args)
+  "Check that FORMAT, a format string, contains valid escapes, and that the
+number of arguments in ARGS matches the escapes in FORMAT."
+  (define actual-count
+    (length args))
+
+  (define allowed-chars                           ;for 'simple-format'
+    '(#\A #\S #\a #\s #\~ #\%))
+
+  (define (format-chars fmt)
+    (let loop ((chars  (string->list fmt))
+               (result '()))
+      (match chars
+        (()
+         (reverse result))
+        ((#\~ opt rest ...)
+         (loop rest (cons opt result)))
+        ((chr rest ...)
+         (and (memv chr allowed-chars)
+              (loop rest result))))))
+
+  (match (format-chars format)
+    (#f
+     ;; XXX: In this case it could be that FMT contains invalid escapes, or it
+     ;; could be that it contains escapes beyond ALLOWED-CHARS, for (ice-9
+     ;; format).  Instead of implementing '-Wformat', do nothing.
+     #f)
+    (chars
+     (let ((count (fold (lambda (chr count)
+                          (case chr
+                            ((#\~ #\%) count)
+                            (else (+ count 1))))
+                        0
+                        chars)))
+       (unless (= count actual-count)
+         (warning location (G_ "format string got ~a arguments, expected ~a~%")
+                  actual-count count))))))
+
+(define-syntax formatted-message
+  (lambda (s)
+    "Return a '&formatted-message' error condition."
+    (syntax-case s (G_)
+      ((_ (G_ str) args ...)
+       (string? (syntax->datum #'str))
+       (let ((str (syntax->datum #'str)))
+         ;; Implement a subset of '-Wformat'.
+         (check-format-string (source-properties->location
+                               (syntax-source s))
+                              str #'(args ...))
+         (with-syntax ((str (string-append str "\n")))
+           #'(condition
+              (&formatted-message (format str)
+                                  (arguments (list args ...))))))))))
+
 
 (define guix-warning-port
   (make-parameter (current-warning-port)))