From 3f3194babf1be2bc4999f4fd0da8dd8b5c125053 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Vogt <holger.vogt@uni-due.de>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 16:54:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update to meas: stdout-->stderr, remove unusable error
 message, reported by Dmitriy

---
 src/frontend/com_measure2.c | 7 +------
 src/frontend/measure.c      | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/com_measure2.c b/src/frontend/com_measure2.c
index 29b6e63c9..5b3454052 100644
--- a/src/frontend/com_measure2.c
+++ b/src/frontend/com_measure2.c
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ get_measure2(
     *result = 0.0e0;        /* default result */
 
     if (!wl) {
-        printf("usage: measure .....\n");
+        fprintf(cp_err, "Error: no assignment found in command meas.\n");
         return MEASUREMENT_FAILURE;
     }
 
@@ -1665,11 +1665,6 @@ get_measure2(
     wlTarg = NULL;
     wlWhen = NULL;
 
-    if (!words) {
-        fprintf(cp_err, "Error: no assignment found.\n");
-        return MEASUREMENT_FAILURE;
-    }
-
     precision = measure_get_precision();
     wl_cnt = 0;
     while (words) {
diff --git a/src/frontend/measure.c b/src/frontend/measure.c
index 4efd1d7bf..1a7e427b2 100644
--- a/src/frontend/measure.c
+++ b/src/frontend/measure.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ com_meas(wordlist *wl)
     /* get output var name */
     wl_count = wl_count->wl_next;
     if (!wl_count) {
-        fprintf(stdout,
+        fprintf(stderr,
                 " meas %s failed!\n"
                 "   unspecified output var name\n\n", line_in);
         tfree(line_in);
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ com_meas(wordlist *wl)
     fail = get_measure2(wl, &result, NULL, FALSE);
 
     if (fail) {
-        fprintf(stdout, " meas %s failed!\n\n", line_in);
+        fprintf(stderr, " meas %s failed!\n\n", line_in);
         tfree(line_in);
         return;
     }