std::error_code::error_code

 

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std::error_code

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error_code::error_code

error_code::operator=

error_code::assign

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error_code::clear

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error_code::value

error_code::category

error_code::default_error_condition

error_code::message

error_code::operator bool

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operator==operator!=operator<operator<=> (until C++20)(until C++20)(C++20)

operator<<

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is_error_code_enum

hash<std::error_code>

 

error_code() noexcept;	(1)	(since C++11)
error_code( int ec, const error_category& ecat ) noexcept;	(2)	(since C++11)
template< class ErrorCodeEnum > error_code( ErrorCodeEnum e ) noexcept;	(3)	(since C++11)
error_code( const error_code& other ) = default;	(4)	(since C++11) (implicitly declared)
error_code( error_code&& other ) = default;	(5)	(since C++11) (implicitly declared)

Constructs new error code.

1) Constructs error code with default value. Equivalent to error_code(0, std::system_category()).

2) Constructs error code with ec as the platform-dependent error code and ecat as the corresponding error category.

3) Constructs error code from an error code enum e. Equivalent to make_error_code(e), where make_error_code is only found by argument-dependent lookup. This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_error_code_enum<ErrorCodeEnum>::value is true.

4,5) Implicitly defined copy constructor and move constructor. Initializes the error code with the contents of the other.

Parameters

other	-	another error code to initialize with
ec	-	platform dependent error code to construct with
ecat	-	error category corresponding to ec
e	-	error code enum to construct with

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 3629	C++11	only std::make_error_code overloads were used	ADL-found overloads are used

See also

make_error_code(std::errc) (C++11)	creates error code value for errc enum e (function)
make_error_code(std::io_errc) (C++11)	constructs an iostream error code (function)
make_error_code(std::future_errc) (C++11)	constructs a future error code (function)