Introduce formal policy for APIs that return strings.

This declares that any `const char *` returned from SDL is owned by SDL, and
promises to be valid _at least_ until the next time the event queue runs, or
SDL_Quit() is called, even if the thing that owns the string gets destroyed
or changed before then.

This is noted in the headers as "the SDL_GetStringRule", so this will both be
greppable to find a detailed explaination in docs/README-strings.md and
wikiheaders will automatically turn it into a link we can point at the
appropriate documentation.

Fixes #9902.

(and several FIXMEs, both known and yet-undocumented.)
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Ryan C. Gordon 2024-06-01 22:05:21 -04:00
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@ -96,15 +96,14 @@ extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_OutOfMemory(void);
* Error strings are set per-thread, so an error set in a different thread
* will not interfere with the current thread's operation.
*
* The returned string is internally allocated and must not be freed by the
* application.
* The returned string does **NOT** follow the SDL_GetStringRule! The
* pointer is valid until the current thread's error string is changed, so
* the caller should make a copy if the string is to be used after calling
* into SDL again.
*
* \returns a message with information about the specific error that occurred,
* or an empty string if there hasn't been an error message set since
* the last call to SDL_ClearError(). The message is only applicable
* when an SDL function has signaled an error. You must check the
* return values of SDL function calls to determine when to
* appropriately call SDL_GetError().
* the last call to SDL_ClearError().
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
*