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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2019-03-21 14:53:00 +0100
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2019-03-21 14:53:00 +0100
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man: make separate "Errors" sections subsection of "Return value"
Logically, this is better, because we're describing a subset of possible return values. Visually this also looks quite good because groff renders refsect2 much less prominently. Also rewrap things, add <constant> in various places, fix some typos.
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<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
- <para>On success, these functions return 0 or a positive integer.
- On failure, they return a negative errno-style error code. In case
- of <function>sd_event_prepare()</function> and
- <function>sd_event_wait()</function>, a positive, non-zero return
- code indicates that events are ready to be processed and zero
- indicates that no events are ready. In case of
- <function>sd_event_dispatch()</function>, a positive, non-zero
- return code indicates that the event loop returned to its initial
- state and zero indicates the event loop has
- exited. <function>sd_event_get_state()</function> returns a
- positive or zero state on success.</para>
- </refsect1>
+ <para>On success, these functions return 0 or a positive integer. On failure, they return a negative
+ errno-style error code. In case of <function>sd_event_prepare()</function> and
+ <function>sd_event_wait()</function>, a positive, non-zero return code indicates that events are ready to
+ be processed and zero indicates that no events are ready. In case of
+ <function>sd_event_dispatch()</function>, a positive, non-zero return code indicates that the event loop
+ returned to its initial state and zero indicates the event loop has
+ exited. <function>sd_event_get_state()</function> returns a positive or zero state on success.</para>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Errors</title>
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Errors</title>
- <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
+ <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
- <listitem><para>The <parameter>event</parameter> parameter is
- invalid or <constant>NULL</constant>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <listitem><para>The <parameter>event</parameter> parameter is invalid or <constant>NULL</constant>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><constant>-EBUSY</constant></term>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-EBUSY</constant></term>
- <listitem><para>The event loop object is not in the right
- state.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <listitem><para>The event loop object is not in the right state.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><constant>-ESTALE</constant></term>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-ESTALE</constant></term>
- <listitem><para>The event loop is already terminated.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The event loop is already terminated.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
- <listitem><para>The event loop has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The event loop has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ </variablelist>
- <para>Other errors are possible, too.</para>
+ <para>Other errors are possible, too.</para>
+ </refsect2>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />