Re: libpcap error codes?

[Denis Ovsienko via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>]

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> From: Denis Ovsienko <denis () ovsienko info>
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> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 23:16:54 +0100
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> On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 14:37:41 -0700
> Guy Harris via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>
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> > A new API could be added that returns a PCAP_ERROR_ value rather than
> > -1 on error (so as not to break source or binary compatibility with
> > code using the existing APIs).
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> Do you mean to introduce a function like pcap_error(), which the
> developers would be able to interrogate if they need in use cases like
> this? Then existing functions could be slowly updated as needed to store
> the fault details somewhere for that function.
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>     Denis Ovsienko
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