[error.reporting] # 31 Input/output library [[input.output]](./#input.output) ## 31.5 Iostreams base classes [[iostreams.base]](iostreams.base#error.reporting) ### 31.5.6 Error reporting [error.reporting] [🔗](#lib:make_error_code,io_errc) `error_code make_error_code(io_errc e) noexcept; ` [1](#1) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/iostreams.tex#L2833) *Returns*: error_code(static_cast(e), iostream_category())[.](#1.sentence-1) [🔗](#lib:make_error_condition,io_errc) `error_condition make_error_condition(io_errc e) noexcept; ` [2](#2) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/iostreams.tex#L2844) *Returns*: error_condition(static_cast(e), iostream_category())[.](#2.sentence-1) [🔗](#lib:iostream_category) `const error_category& iostream_category() noexcept; ` [3](#3) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/iostreams.tex#L2855) *Returns*: A reference to an object of a type derived from classerror_category[.](#3.sentence-1) [4](#4) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/iostreams.tex#L2860) The object's default_error_condition and equivalent virtual functions shall behave as specified for the class error_category[.](#4.sentence-1) The object's name virtual function shall return a pointer to the string "iostream"[.](#4.sentence-2)