[RFC] Consider adding a function to convert error name to errno
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Fri May 8 08:04:10 GMT 2026
* Rocket Ma:
>> POSIX 2024 added something for signals [1], so maybe we can go to follow
>> strerrorname_np:
>>
>> int strnameerror_np (const char *restrict str, int *restrict errnum);
>
> Wait, if the `str' in `strerror' means the return type is `str', then
> should we name the function `intnameerror_np'?
The prefix “str” makes the name reserved. We have function like strtod
that produce non-string results.
Thanks,
Florian
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