symbolic_constants_common.h File Reference

Namespaces
namespace	crashpad
	The main namespace.

Typedefs
using	crashpad::SymbolicConstantToStringOptions = unsigned int
	A bitfield containing values of SymbolicConstantToStringOptionBits.
using	crashpad::StringToSymbolicConstantOptions = unsigned int
	A bitfield containing values of StringToSymbolicConstantOptionBits.

Enumerations
enum	crashpad::SymbolicConstantToStringOptionBits
	Options for various *ToString functions in symbolic_constants_* files. More...
enum	crashpad::StringToSymbolicConstantOptionBits
	Options for various StringTo* functions in symbolic_constants_* files. More...

Detailed Description

Symbolic constant terminology

Family

A group of related symbolic constants. Typically, within a single family, one function will be used to transform a numeric value to a string equivalent, and another will perform the inverse operation. Families include POSIX signals and Mach exception masks.

Full name

The normal symbolic name used for a constant. For example, in the family of POSIX signals, the strings "SIGHUP" and "SIGSEGV" are full names.

Short name

An abbreviated form of symbolic name used for a constant. Short names vary between families, but are commonly constructed by removing a common prefix from full names. For example, in the family of POSIX signals, the prefix is SIG, and short names include "HUP" and "SEGV".

Numeric string

A string that does not contain a full or short name, but contains a numeric value that can be interpreted as a symbolic constant. For example, in the family of POSIX signals, SIGKILL generally has value 9, so the numeric string "9" would be interpreted equivalently to "SIGKILL".