Replacements for GetMacOSStatusErrorString/GetMacOSStatusCommentString

Question

The functions GetMacOSStatusErrorString and GetMacOSStatusCommentString appear to have been deprecated as of 10.8. Are there any non-deprecated replacement functions for these handy debugging functions?

Answer 1

You can use [NSError errorWithDomain:NSOSStatusErrorDomain code:errorCode userInfo:nil] to get an NSError representing the OSStatus of errorCode. NSError provides the ability to get a localized error message from the error code (-localizedDescription), or a regular unlocalized one for debugging purposes (-description).