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| -rw-r--r-- | glib/gmessages.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/glib/gmessages.h b/glib/gmessages.h index 3c0b0d946..ee0dca85c 100644 --- a/glib/gmessages.h +++ b/glib/gmessages.h @@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ struct _GLogField * but is provided separately for convenience of deciding whether or where to * output the log entry. * + * Writer functions should return %G_LOG_WRITER_HANDLED if they handled the log + * message successfully or if they deliberately ignored it. If there was an + * error handling the message (for example, if the writer function is meant to + * send messages to a remote logging server and there is a network error), it + * should return %G_LOG_WRITER_UNHANDLED. This allows writer functions to be + * chained and fall back to simpler handlers in case of failure. + * * Returns: %G_LOG_WRITER_HANDLED if the log entry was handled successfully; * %G_LOG_WRITER_UNHANDLED otherwise * Since: 2.50 |