> >> we have a function like errorMessageFromCode(int code), the _code_ is the > >> code coming from any o’l libssh function call. > > > > > > But that's the mistake. All libssh2 functions don't return the same error > > code set. The libssh2_knownhost*() functions for example only return error > > codes in the LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_CHECK_* series. > > If I may weigh in here, the known_host return codes aren't error codes at > all. That's where the misunderstanding has occurred. > > Most libssh2 return codes are indeed errors. You can think of them as > exceptions, in a language that has that feature. Apart from EAGAIN, you never > call a libssh2 function expecting to recieve one of those errors. > > Contrast that with the known_host functions. There the return code is a > result, not an error. You call those functions fully expecting to get any of > the possible values returned. >
I understand these are technically not errors per-say, but that doesn’t mean I agree with their values being the same. Will
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