e := u.Clone()
	e.hint = fmt.Sprintf(m, args...)
	return e
}

// ErrFn function wrapper
type ErrFn func(err error) Err

// Create a UI error generator, this is needed to simplify
// the update of the detailed error message in several places
// in MinIO code
func newErrFn(msg, action, hint string) ErrFn {
	return func(err error) Err {
		u := Err{
			msg:    msg,
			action: action,
			hint:   hint,

	}
}

func intCast(v *Value) (int64, error) {
	// This conversion truncates floating point numbers to
	// integer.
	strToInt := func(s string) (int64, bool) {
		i, errI := strconv.ParseInt(s, 10, 64)
		if errI == nil {
			return i, true
		}
		f, errF := strconv.ParseFloat(s, 64)
		if errF == nil {
			return int64(f), true
		}
		return 0, false
	}

	switch x := v.value.(type) {