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WeakAuras/Transmission.lua

@@ -302,19 +302,24 @@ function StringToTable(inString, fromChat)
   end
 
   if not decoded then
-    return "Error decoding."
+    return L["Error decoding."]
   end
 
-  local decompressed, errorMsg = nil, "unknown compression method"
+  local decompressed
   if encodeVersion > 0 then
     decompressed = LibDeflate:DecompressDeflate(decoded)
+    if not(decompressed) then
+      return L["Error decompressing"]
+    end
   else
-    decompressed, errorMsg = Compresser:Decompress(decoded)
-  end
-  if not(decompressed) then
-    return "Error decompressing: " .. errorMsg
+    -- We ignore the error message, since it's more likely not a weakaura.
+    decompressed = Compresser:Decompress(decoded)
+    if not(decompressed) then
+      return L["Error decompressing. This doesn't look like a WeakAuras import."]
+    end
   end
 
+
   local success, deserialized
   if encodeVersion < 2 then
     success, deserialized = Serializer:Deserialize(decompressed)
@@ -322,7 +327,7 @@ function StringToTable(inString, fromChat)
     success, deserialized = LibSerialize:Deserialize(decompressed)
   end
   if not(success) then
-    return "Error deserializing "..deserialized
+    return L["Error deserializing"]
   end
   return deserialized
 end