From f680fe177d9266360eaaac0ef12dff86230146bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nate Choe <nate@natechoe.dev>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 17:44:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Better error checking and nesting documentation

---
 README.md   | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/parse.c |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52b292e..09aba4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,3 +158,32 @@ this text isn't minified
 ```
 
 Used for legacy web pages on my site that I don't want to update
+
+### Nesting
+
+```
+@=var Hello world!@
+@n @@$ echo '@!var@' | rev @@ @m
+```
+
+Turns into
+
+```
+@$ echo 'Hello world!' | rev @
+```
+
+Turns into
+
+```
+!dlrow olleH
+```
+
+Things between an `@n` and `@m` tag get processed twice. A double escape char `@@`
+gets escaped into a single escape char `@`. Defining variables in a nest is
+illegal, so
+
+```
+@n @@= dynamic_variable @$./generate_variable_value.sh@ @@ @m
+```
+
+is illegal
diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index 4aab5d3..d93cbbd 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ autoescapeend:
 				break;
 			}
 #endif
+			default:
+				fprintf(stderr, "Error in expansion phase: Unknown escape %c%c\n", ESCAPE_CHAR, data->data[i]);
+				return 1;
 			}
 		}
 		else