* ./src/misc/error.c: added vlc_error, a strerror() equivalent.

include/error.h

+/*****************************************************************************
+ * error.h: error handling routine
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 VideoLAN
+ * $Id: error.h,v 1.1 2002/10/14 16:35:16 sam Exp $
+ *
+ * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111, USA.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Prototypes
+ *****************************************************************************/
+VLC_EXPORT( char const *, vlc_error, ( int ) );
+

src/misc/error.c

+/*****************************************************************************
+ * error.c: error handling routine
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 VideoLAN
+ * $Id: error.c,v 1.1 2002/10/14 16:35:18 sam Exp $
+ *
+ * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111, USA.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Preamble
+ *****************************************************************************/
+#include <vlc/vlc.h>
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * vlc_error: strerror() equivalent
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * This function returns a string describing the error code passed in the
+ * argument. A list of all errors can be found in include/vlc/vlc.h.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+char const * vlc_error ( int i_err )
+{
+    switch( i_err )
+    {
+        case VLC_SUCCESS:
+            return "no error";
+
+        case VLC_ENOMEM:
+            return "not enough memory";
+        case VLC_ETHREAD:
+            return "thread error";
+
+        case VLC_ENOMOD:
+            return "module not found";
+
+        case VLC_ENOOBJ:
+            return "object not found";
+        case VLC_EBADOBJ:
+            return "bad object type";
+
+        case VLC_ENOVAR:
+            return "variable not found";
+        case VLC_EBADVAR:
+            return "bad variable value";
+
+        case VLC_EEXIT:
+            return "program exited";
+        case VLC_EGENERIC:
+            return "generic error";
+        default:
+            return "unkown error";
+    }
+}
+