Use functions instead of macros to get the prio and severity of errors.

doc/Tutorial

@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ error code is associated with a given severity, either "DEBUG", "UPDATE",
 of each severity take a look at private header "libiso_msgs.h". Errors 
 reported by function return value are always "FAILURE" or "FATAL". Other kind
 of errors are only reported with the message queue. You can get the severity
-of any error message with ISO_ERR_SEV() macro [TODO: we need a function to
+of any error message with iso_error_get_severity() function.
-translate error severity to string]
 
 First of all, most libisofs functions return an integer. If such integer is 
 a negative number, it means the function has returned an error. The error code

libisofs/libisofs.h

@@ -2532,6 +2532,35 @@ int iso_image_get_msg_id(IsoImage *image);
  */
 const char *iso_error_to_msg(int errcode);
 
+/**
+ * Get the severity of a given error code
+ * @return
+ *       0x10000000 -> DEBUG
+ *       0x20000000 -> UPDATE
+ *       0x30000000 -> NOTE
+ *       0x40000000 -> HINT
+ *       0x50000000 -> WARNING
+ *       0x60000000 -> SORRY
+ *       0x68000000 -> FAILURE
+ *       0x70000000 -> FATAL
+ *       0x71000000 -> ABORT
+ * 
+ * @since 0.6.2
+ */
+int iso_error_get_severity(int e);
+
+/**
+ * Get the priority of a given error.
+ * @return
+ *      0x00000000 -> ZERO
+ *      0x10000000 -> LOW
+ *      0x20000000 -> MEDIUM
+ *      0x30000000 -> HIGH
+ * 
+ * @since 0.6.2
+ */
+int iso_error_get_priority(int e);
+
 /**
  * Set the minimum error severity that causes a libisofs operation to 
  * be aborted as soon as possible.
@@ -2890,35 +2919,6 @@ const char *iso_image_fs_get_biblio_file_id(IsoImageFilesystem *fs);
 
 /************ Error codes and return values for libisofs ********************/
 
-/* 
- * error codes are 32 bit numbers, that follow the following conventions:
- * 
- * bit  31 (MSB) -> 1 (to make the value always negative)
- * bits 30-24 -> Encoded severity (Use ISO_ERR_SEV to translate an error code
- *               to a LIBISO_MSGS_SEV_* constant)
- *        = 0x10 -> DEBUG
- *        = 0x20 -> UPDATE
- *        = 0x30 -> NOTE
- *        = 0x40 -> HINT
- *        = 0x50 -> WARNING
- *        = 0x60 -> SORRY
- *        = 0x68 -> FAILURE
- *        = 0x70 -> FATAL
- *        = 0x71 -> ABORT
- * bits 23-20 -> Encoded priority (Use ISO_ERR_PRIO to translate an error code
- *               to a LIBISO_MSGS_PRIO_* constant)
- *        = 0x0 -> ZERO
- *        = 0x1 -> LOW
- *        = 0x2 -> MEDIUM
- *        = 0x3 -> HIGH
- * bits 19-16 -> Reserved for future usage (maybe message ranges)
- * bits 15-0  -> Error code
- */
-
-#define ISO_ERR_SEV(e)      (e & 0x7F000000)
-#define ISO_ERR_PRIO(e)     ((e & 0x00F00000) << 8)
-#define ISO_ERR_CODE(e)     (e & 0x0000FFFF)
-
 /** successfully execution */
 #define ISO_SUCCESS                     1
 

libisofs/messages.c

@@ -10,9 +10,38 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+#include "libiso_msgs.h"
 #include "libisofs.h"
 #include "messages.h"
 
+/* 
+ * error codes are 32 bit numbers, that follow the following conventions:
+ * 
+ * bit  31 (MSB) -> 1 (to make the value always negative)
+ * bits 30-24 -> Encoded severity (Use ISO_ERR_SEV to translate an error code
+ *               to a LIBISO_MSGS_SEV_* constant)
+ *        = 0x10 -> DEBUG
+ *        = 0x20 -> UPDATE
+ *        = 0x30 -> NOTE
+ *        = 0x40 -> HINT
+ *        = 0x50 -> WARNING
+ *        = 0x60 -> SORRY
+ *        = 0x68 -> FAILURE
+ *        = 0x70 -> FATAL
+ *        = 0x71 -> ABORT
+ * bits 23-20 -> Encoded priority (Use ISO_ERR_PRIO to translate an error code
+ *               to a LIBISO_MSGS_PRIO_* constant)
+ *        = 0x0 -> ZERO
+ *        = 0x1 -> LOW
+ *        = 0x2 -> MEDIUM
+ *        = 0x3 -> HIGH
+ * bits 19-16 -> Reserved for future usage (maybe message ranges)
+ * bits 15-0  -> Error code
+ */
+#define ISO_ERR_SEV(e)      (e & 0x7F000000)
+#define ISO_ERR_PRIO(e)     ((e & 0x00F00000) << 8)
+#define ISO_ERR_CODE(e)     (e & 0x0000FFFF)
+
 int iso_message_id = LIBISO_MSGS_ORIGIN_IMAGE_BASE;
 
 /**
@@ -312,3 +341,13 @@ void *iso_get_messenger()
 {
     return libiso_msgr;
 }
+
+int iso_error_get_severity(int e)
+{
+    return ISO_ERR_SEV(e);
+}
+
+int iso_error_get_priority(int e)
+{
+    return ISO_ERR_PRIO(e);
+}

libisofs/messages.h

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #ifndef MESSAGES_H_
 #define MESSAGES_H_
 
-#include "libiso_msgs.h"
-
 /**
  * Take and increment this variable to get a valid identifier for message
  * origin.