Boost error codes human-readable description

Question

I\'m catching errors in Boost Asio program like

if (!error)
{
    //do stuff
}
else
{
    std::cout << \"Error : \" << error << std::endl;
             


        

Answer 1

If you are likely using boost::system::error_code you can call:

error.message()

to get a more human-friendly message.

Using operator<< translates into:

os << ec.category().name() << ':' << ec.value()

Here you can check a detailed overview of the available members in error_code.