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plumed_error Struct Reference

Small structure that is only defined locally to retrieve errors. More...

#include <Plumed.h>

Public Attributes

int code
 code used for translating messages More...
 
int error_code
 error code for system_error More...
 
struct plumed_errornested
 pointer to nested exception More...
 
const char * what
 message More...
 
char * what_buffer
 the buffer containing the message to be deallocated More...
 

Detailed Description

Small structure that is only defined locally to retrieve errors.

It is supposed to be used in the C11/C++ plumed_cmd interface as follows:

  plumed p;
  plumed_error error;

  p=plumed_create();

  plumed_cmd(p,"setNatoms",10,&error);
  if(error.code) {
    fprintf(errors,"%d\n",error.code);
    plumed_error_finalize(error); // make sure the error object is finalized!
  }
  // if no error was raised (error.code==0), it is not necessary to call plumed_error_finalize.
  // but doing it is harmless

  // no need to initialize error, it is written in the plumed_cmd function
  plumed_cmd(p,"init",&error);
  if(error.code) {
    fprintf(errors,"%d\n",error.code);
    plumed_error_finalize(error); // make sure the error object is finalized!
  }

The layout of this structure is subject to change, thus all the functions manipulating it are defined as inline/static functions. In the future, we might reach some form of ABI stability, and these functions might be moved below to the implementation file.

Notice that there is a macro plumed_error() defined in the PLUMED source code (at tools/Exception.h). There is no conflict with this type since C preprocessor distinguishes macros and function-like macros.

Member Data Documentation

◆ code

int plumed_error::code

code used for translating messages

◆ error_code

int plumed_error::error_code

error code for system_error

◆ nested

struct plumed_error* plumed_error::nested

pointer to nested exception

◆ what

const char* plumed_error::what

message

◆ what_buffer

char* plumed_error::what_buffer

the buffer containing the message to be deallocated


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