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-rw-r--r-- | doc/ref/api-control.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-control.texi b/doc/ref/api-control.texi index 5f8037b52..f862b89cc 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-control.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-control.texi @@ -974,8 +974,12 @@ it will usually be @code{#f}. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} strerror err @deffnx {C Function} scm_strerror (err) -Return the Unix error message corresponding to @var{err}, which -must be an integer value. +Return the Unix error message corresponding to @var{err}, an integer +@code{errno} value. + +When @code{setlocale} has been called (@pxref{Locales}), the message +is in the language and charset of @code{LC_MESSAGES}. (This is done +by the C library.) @end deffn @c begin (scm-doc-string "boot-9.scm" "false-if-exception") |