shishi_strerror(3)

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💖 shishi_strerror(3) — the shishi bestie manual 💖

okay so bestie, you're in the shishi section of the manual (section 3, library calls, we love that for us) and this page is all about shishi_strerror. it's giving "translate the cryptic number into actual words" energy and honestly? iconic. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

shishi_strerror — API function. that's it, that's the name, she's an API function and she's thriving 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <shishi.h>

const char * shishi_strerror(int err);

look at her. one header, one function, zero drama. 🎀

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • int err — a shishi error code. yes it's just an int. no it's not scary. it's the little number that shishi hands you when something goes sideways and you need to know what exactly went sideways. 🌸

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea: this function takes the return code sitting in err and converts it into a human readable string. that's the whole job. number in, words out. no cap. 🧚

✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

it returns a pointer to a statically allocated string that holds a description of the error with code err. and like — what do you do with that string? you use it to output a diagnostic message to the user. that's literally the point. it's your little messenger telling the human what broke. 🫶

ngl bestie, remember it's statically allocated — the manual says so and the manual does not lie. just read it and move on. 💜

✨ REPORTING BUGS ✨

found a bug? first of all, relatable. second of all, report it to <bug-shishi@gnu.org>. 📬

go tell them, they want to know, we support you. 🌈

Copyright © 2002-2022 Simon Josefsson.

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.

(read: you can share this around, just don't strip the receipts, okay? 💖)

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

The full documentation for shishi is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and shishi programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info shishi

should give you access to the complete manual. go read the whole thing, she's got lore. 📚✨

and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 this gem came from the shishi manual, version 1.0.3, page shishi_strerror(3). mwah, go forth and print your error strings, you're doing amazing, periodt. 💅👑🔥

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