3 files changed, 35 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/include/zix/common.h b/include/zix/common.h
index eaac408..02b0f64 100644
--- a/include/zix/common.h
+++ b/include/zix/common.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #ifndef ZIX_COMMON_H
 #define ZIX_COMMON_H
 
+#include "zix/attributes.h"
+
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 /**
@@ -26,29 +28,10 @@ typedef enum {
   ZIX_STATUS_REACHED_END
 } ZixStatus;
 
-static inline const char*
-zix_strerror(const ZixStatus status)
-{
-  switch (status) {
-  case ZIX_STATUS_SUCCESS:
-    return "Success";
-  case ZIX_STATUS_ERROR:
-    return "Unknown error";
-  case ZIX_STATUS_NO_MEM:
-    return "Out of memory";
-  case ZIX_STATUS_NOT_FOUND:
-    return "Not found";
-  case ZIX_STATUS_EXISTS:
-    return "Exists";
-  case ZIX_STATUS_BAD_ARG:
-    return "Bad argument";
-  case ZIX_STATUS_BAD_PERMS:
-    return "Bad permissions";
-  case ZIX_STATUS_REACHED_END:
-    return "Reached end";
-  }
-  return "Unknown error";
-}
+/// Return a string describing a status code
+ZIX_API
+const char*
+zix_strerror(ZixStatus status);
 
 /// Function for comparing two elements
 typedef int (*ZixComparator)(const void* a,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5b54107..4cdecf5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ sources = files(
   'src/digest.c',
   'src/hash.c',
   'src/ring.c',
+  'src/status.c',
   'src/tree.c',
 )
 
diff --git a/src/status.c b/src/status.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b932ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/status.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2014-2020 David Robillard <d@drobilla.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC
+
+#include "zix/common.h"
+
+const char*
+zix_strerror(const ZixStatus status)
+{
+  switch (status) {
+  case ZIX_STATUS_SUCCESS:
+    return "Success";
+  case ZIX_STATUS_ERROR:
+    return "Unknown error";
+  case ZIX_STATUS_NO_MEM:
+    return "Out of memory";
+  case ZIX_STATUS_NOT_FOUND:
+    return "Not found";
+  case ZIX_STATUS_EXISTS:
+    return "Exists";
+  case ZIX_STATUS_BAD_ARG:
+    return "Bad argument";
+  case ZIX_STATUS_BAD_PERMS:
+    return "Bad permissions";
+  case ZIX_STATUS_REACHED_END:
+    return "Reached end";
+  }
+  return "Unknown error";
+}