.TH LIBERROR_SET_ERROR 3 2019-04-13 liberror
.SH NAME
liberror_set_error \- set the current error for the thread
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <liberror.h>

void liberror_set_error(const char \fIdescription\fP[256], const char \fIsource\fP[64], const char \fIcode_group\fP[64], long long int \fIcode\fP);
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lerror .
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR liberror_set_error ()
function assigns a new error to the thread. If the
thread already has an error assigned to it, that
error will be copied and stored as the cause of the
new error. If the process cannot allocate enough
memory to copy the error (which is statically allocated),
the
.I cause
field in the new error will be set to
.I NULL
and the
.I failed_to_allocate_cause
field will be set to 1.
.PP
The
.I description
parameter shall be a single line description of the
error, or the empty string; it must not be
.IR NULL .
If the empty string is specified, the value of
.I code_group
and
.I code
parameters will be printed when the error is printed
by the
.BR liberror_print_error (3)
function is called, however, if the value of the
.I code_group
parameter is recognised, the error string for the
.I code
error will be used.
.PP
The
.I source
parameter shall be the name of the function that
failed, or the empty string; it must not be
.IR NULL .
.PP
The
.I code
parameter shall be the error number that describes
the error. The
.I code_group
shall be a non-empty string (and must not be
.IR NULL )
that specifies the what error number group is used
for the error code. For values assigned to
.IR errno ,
.I code_group
shall be
.B \(dqerrno\(dq
and for errors returned by the
.BR getaddrinfo (3)
function,
.I code_group
shall be
.BR \(dqaddrinfo\(dq .
In other cases, the value of
.I code_group
shall be the name of the library or application.
.SH RETURN VALUE
None.
.SH ERRORS
Errors will be marked in the new error.
.I errno
will never be changed. Failure to create the error is
impossible.
.SH EXAMPLES
None.
.SH APPLICATION USAGE
None.
.SH RATIONALE
None.
.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
.SH NOTES
None.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR liberror (7),
.BR liberror.h (0),
.BR liberror_copy_error (3),
.BR liberror_end (3),
.BR liberror_free_error (3),
.BR liberror_get_error (3),
.BR liberror_pop_error (3),
.BR liberror_print_backtrace (3),
.BR liberror_print_error (3),
.BR liberror_reset_error (3),
.BR liberror_save_backtrace (3),
.BR liberror_set_error_errno (3),
.BR liberror_set_error_existing (3),
.BR liberror_start (3)