oath_strerror(3)

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💅 oath_strerror(3) — liboath, bestie

okay so this is a page from liboath's manual (liboath, third section, the library-call girlies), and it's about one tiny iconic function that turns your oopsie error codes into actual human words. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

oath_strerror — literally just an API function, that's her whole job 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <oath.h>

const char * oath_strerror(int err);

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • int err — the liboath error code, bestie. the number that's been stressing you out. hand it over.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like. oath_strerror takes a return code and converts it into a human readable string that explains why that particular error code happened 😭 no more squinting at integers like they're gonna explain themselves.

this string can be used to output a diagnostic message to the user — so yes, you can absolutely print it straight at your users and let them know what went wrong. very demure, very mindful, very helpful 🌸

and here's the part that ate: this function is one of few in the library that can be used without a successful call to oath_init(). no setup, no init, no prerequisites. she's lowkey self-sufficient. main character energy fr fr 👑

✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

returns a pointer to a statically allocated string containing an explanation of the error code err. so like, don't go freeing it, don't go modifying it — it's not yours, it's hers 💀 (static allocation means it lives in the library's house, not yours.)

✨ SINCE ✨

1.8.0 — she's been around since 1.8.0, an absolute veteran 🎀

✨ REPORTING BUGS ✨

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, tell the girlies:

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copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. so yeah, share it, remix it, just keep the receipts 🧾✨

ngl the whole vibe of this page is "small function, big heart" — she converts numbers to feelings and asks for nothing in return. obsessed 🦋

mwah 💜 that's the whole page! brought to you by liboath version 2.6.15 — the oath_strerror(3) page, no date on the footer, just vibes and a version number. see u in the next manpage bestie 🎀✨

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