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• @node strerror
  @subsection @code{strerror}
  @findex strerror
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/strerror.html}
  
  Gnulib module: strerror
  @mindex strerror
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function does not support the error values that are specified by POSIX
  but not defined by the system, on some platforms:
  OpenBSD 4.0, NonStop Kernel, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14.
  @item
  This function reports failure for @code{strerror(0)} (by setting
  @code{errno} or using a string similar to out-of-range values),
  although POSIX requires this to leave @code{errno} unchanged and
  report success, on some platforms:
  FreeBSD 8.2, NetBSD 10.0, OpenBSD 4.7, macOS 14.
  @item
  This function fails to return a string for out-of-range integers on
  some platforms:
  HP-UX 11.
  (Some return NULL which is a POSIX violation, others return the empty
  string which is valid but not as useful); this can still cause bugs
  because most programs call @code{strerror} without setting and testing
  @code{errno}.)
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @end itemize
  

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