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-rw-r--r--src/helper/log.h7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/helper/log.h b/src/helper/log.h
index f7d70394..601b7527 100644
--- a/src/helper/log.h
+++ b/src/helper/log.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
#include <stdarg.h>
/* logging priorities
+ * LOG_SILENT - turn off all output. In lieu of try+catch this can be used as a
+ * feeble ersatz.
* LOG_USER - user messages. Could be anything from information
* to progress messags. These messages do not represent
* incorrect or unexpected behaviour, just normal execution.
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
*/
enum log_levels
{
+ LOG_SILENT = -3,
LOG_OUTPUT = -2,
LOG_USER = -1,
LOG_ERROR = 0,
@@ -108,5 +111,9 @@ extern int debug_level;
#define ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENTS (-1)
#define ERROR_NO_CONFIG_FILE (-2)
#define ERROR_BUF_TOO_SMALL (-3)
+/* see "Error:" message for meaningful message to the user. The caller should
+ * make no assumptions about what went wrong and try to handle the problem.
+ */
+#define ERROR_FAIL (-4)
#endif /* LOG_H */