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+// Copyright 2016-2022 David Robillard <d@drobilla.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC
+
+#ifndef ZIX_STATUS_H
+#define ZIX_STATUS_H
+
+#include "zix/attributes.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+   @defgroup zix Zix C API
+   @{
+   @defgroup zix_status Status Codes
+   @{
+*/
+
+/// A status code returned by functions
+typedef enum {
+  ZIX_STATUS_SUCCESS,       ///< Success
+  ZIX_STATUS_ERROR,         ///< Unknown error
+  ZIX_STATUS_NO_MEM,        ///< Out of memory
+  ZIX_STATUS_NOT_FOUND,     ///< Not found
+  ZIX_STATUS_EXISTS,        ///< Exists
+  ZIX_STATUS_BAD_ARG,       ///< Bad argument
+  ZIX_STATUS_BAD_PERMS,     ///< Bad permissions
+  ZIX_STATUS_REACHED_END,   ///< Reached end
+  ZIX_STATUS_TIMEOUT,       ///< Timeout
+  ZIX_STATUS_OVERFLOW,      ///< Overflow
+  ZIX_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED, ///< Not supported
+  ZIX_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,   ///< Resource unavailable
+} ZixStatus;
+
+/// Return a string describing a status code
+ZIX_CONST_API
+const char*
+zix_strerror(ZixStatus status);
+
+/**
+   @}
+   @}
+*/
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
+#endif /* ZIX_STATUS_H */