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In message <20090330195003.GB73108@hoeg.nl>, Ed Schouten writes:


>Create a new system call that allows you to obtain a more accurate error
>code afterwards. We should probably call this function GetLastError().

You have to produce the errorinformation on the spot, we don't want
to keep old error messages lingering in case people will ask for
them later.


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