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Make av_strerror() print an error message mentioning the error code number if strerror_r() did not succeed for whatever reason. This avoids the need for the application to fill the string in case strerror_r() fails, for example because the error code is not known.
author stefano
date Mon, 03 May 2010 21:56:21 +0000
parents 71ebc8b18666
children 2860cc0b5562
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--- a/error.h	Thu Apr 29 14:41:20 2010 +0000
+++ b/error.h	Mon May 03 21:56:21 2010 +0000
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
 /**
  * Puts a description of the AVERROR code errnum in errbuf.
  * In case of failure the global variable errno is set to indicate the
- * error.
+ * error. Even in case of failure av_strerror() will print a generic
+ * error message indicating the errnum provided to errbuf.
  *
  * @param errbuf_size the size in bytes of errbuf
  * @return 0 on success, a negative value otherwise