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SDL_SetError

Set the SDL error message for the current thread.

Syntax

int SDL_SetError(SDL_PRINTF_FORMAT_STRING const char *fmt, ...) SDL_PRINTF_VARARG_FUNC(1);

Function Parameters

fmt a printf()-style message format string
... additional parameters matching % tokens in the fmt string, if any

Return Value

Returns always -1.

Remarks

Calling this function will replace any previous error message that was set.

This function always returns -1, since SDL frequently uses -1 to signify an failing result, leading to this idiom:

if (error_code) {
    return SDL_SetError("This operation has failed: %d", error_code);
}

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.


CategoryAPI, CategoryError


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