c: fix mangling of error names

Closes #12751

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/codegen/c.zig b/src/codegen/c.zig
index 704e8a1391..4bc573ba6c 100644
--- a/src/codegen/c.zig
+++ b/src/codegen/c.zig
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ pub const DeclGen = struct {
                     .@"error" => {
                         const payload = val.castTag(.@"error").?;
                         // error values will be #defined at the top of the file
-                        return writer.print("zig_error_{s}", .{payload.data.name});
+                        return writer.print("zig_error_{s}", .{fmtIdent(payload.data.name)});
                     },
                     else => {
                         // In this case we are rendering an error union which has a
diff --git a/src/link/C.zig b/src/link/C.zig
index 955044f90d..ebe37a8192 100644
--- a/src/link/C.zig
+++ b/src/link/C.zig
@@ -275,13 +275,14 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *C, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node)
     const err_typedef_index = f.all_buffers.items.len;
     f.all_buffers.items.len += 1;
 
-    render_errors: {
-        if (module.global_error_set.size == 0) break :render_errors;
+    if (module.global_error_set.size > 0) {
+        try err_typedef_writer.writeAll("enum {\n");
         var it = module.global_error_set.iterator();
-        while (it.next()) |entry| {
-            try err_typedef_writer.print("#define zig_error_{s} {d}\n", .{ entry.key_ptr.*, entry.value_ptr.* });
-        }
-        try err_typedef_writer.writeByte('\n');
+        while (it.next()) |entry| try err_typedef_writer.print(" zig_error_{s} = {d},\n", .{
+            codegen.fmtIdent(entry.key_ptr.*),
+            entry.value_ptr.*,
+        });
+        try err_typedef_writer.writeAll("};\n");
     }
 
     // Typedefs, forward decls, and non-functions first.