shout_init_connection

declared in <shout/shout.h>

The shout_strerror function turns a numeric error code into a human readable error message.

char *shout_strerror( shout_conn_t *self, /* pointer to the connection structure */ int error, /* the error code */ char namespace, /* where the message will be stored */ int maxlen /* the maximum length the message can be */ );

Parameters

self

pointer to the connection structure

error

the number error code usually found in self->error

namespace

the buffer where shout_strerror() will store the message

maxlen

the maximum length of the namespace buffer

Return Values

Returns a pointer to namespace, if successful, and NULL if not. Namespace will contain the human readable error message.