stringprep_strerror(3)

stringprep_strerror3

Api function

Usage

#include <stringprep.h>

const char * stringprep_strerror(Stringprep_rc rc);

Arguments

Stringprep_rc rc

a Stringprep_rc return code.

Overview

Convert a return code integer to a text string. This string can be used to output a diagnostic message to the user.

Stringprep_ok

Successful operation. This value is guaranteed to always be zero, the remaining ones are only guaranteed to hold non-zero values, for logical comparison purposes.

Stringprep_contains_unassigned

String contain unassigned Unicode code points, which is forbidden by the profile.

Stringprep_contains_prohibited

String contain code points prohibited by the profile.

Stringprep_bidi_both_l_and_ral

String contain code points with conflicting bidirection category.

Stringprep_bidi_leadtrail_not_ral

Leading and trailing character in string not of proper bidirectional category.

Stringprep_bidi_contains_prohibited

Contains prohibited code points detected by bidirectional code.

Stringprep_too_small_buffer

Buffer handed to function was too small. This usually indicate a problem in the calling application.

Stringprep_profile_error

The stringprep profile was inconsistent. This usually indicate an internal error in the library.

Stringprep_flag_error

The supplied flag conflicted with profile. This usually indicate a problem in the calling application.

Stringprep_unknown_profile

The supplied profile name was not known to the library.

Stringprep_iconv_error

Character encoding conversion error.

Stringprep_nfkc_failed

The Unicode NFKC operation failed. This usually indicate an internal error in the library.

Stringprep_malloc_error

The malloc() was out of memory. This is usually a fatal error.

Return value: Returns a pointer to a statically allocated string containing a description of the error with the return code rc .

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 9–11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. Arch

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From libidn 1.44-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.