1 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/src/hs_throw_error.c b/src/hs_throw_error.c
index b2377dd..20a4c6d 100644
--- a/src/hs_throw_error.c
+++ b/src/hs_throw_error.c
@@ -4,20 +4,9 @@
 
 void hs_throw_error(lua_State *L, const char *format_string, ...)
 {
-    va_list args, args_;
-    va_start(args, format_string);
-    va_copy(args_, args);
-
-    int string_size = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, format_string, args_);
-    va_end(args_);
-
-    char *string = malloc((string_size+1) * sizeof(char));
-    if (string == NULL)
-	lua_pushstring(L, "there was an error allocating memory for an error message");
-    else {
-	vsnprintf(string, string_size+1, format_string, args);
-	lua_pushstring(L, string);
-	free(string);
-    }
-    lua_error(L);
+   va_list args;
+   va_start(args, format_string);
+   hs_vpushstring(L, format_string, args);
+   va_end(args);
+   lua_error(L);
 }