core-lightning/doc/lightning-waitinvoice.7
Vasil Dimov 55173a56b7 Use dedicated type for error codes
Before this patch we used `int` for error codes. The problem with
`int` is that we try to pass it to/from wire and the size of `int` is
not defined by the standard. So a sender with 4-byte `int` would write
4 bytes to the wire and a receiver with 2-byte `int` (for example) would
read just 2 bytes from the wire.

To resolve this:

* Introduce an error code type with a known size:
  `typedef s32 errcode_t`.

* Change all error code macros to constants of type `errcode_t`.
  Constants also play better with gdb - it would visualize the name of
  the constant instead of the numeric value.

* Change all functions that take error codes to take the new type
  `errcode_t` instead of `int`.

* Introduce towire / fromwire functions to send / receive the newly added
  type `errcode_t` and use it instead of `towire_int()`.

In addition:

* Remove the now unneeded `towire_int()`.

* Replace a hardcoded error code `-2` with a new constant
  `INVOICE_EXPIRED_DURING_WAIT` (903).

Changelog-Changed: The waitinvoice command would now return error code 903 to designate that the invoice expired during wait, instead of the previous -2
2020-01-31 06:02:47 +00:00

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.TH "LIGHTNING-WAITINVOICE" "7" "" "" "lightning-waitinvoice"
.SH NAME
lightning-waitinvoice - Command for waiting for specific payment
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBwaitinvoice\fR \fIlabel\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBwaitinvoice\fR RPC command waits until a specific invoice is paid,
then returns that single entry as per \fBlistinvoice\fR\.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, an invoice description will be returned as per
\fBlightning-listinvoice\fR(7)\. The \fIstatus\fR field will be \fIpaid\fR\.
On error the returned object will contain \fBcode\fR and \fBmessage\fR properties,
with \fBcode\fR being one of the following:
.RS
.IP \[bu]
-32602: If the given parameters are wrong\.
.IP \[bu]
-1: If the invoice is deleted while unpaid, or the invoice does not exist\.
.IP \[bu]
903: If the invoice expires before being paid, or is already expired\.
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
Christian Decker \fI<decker.christian@gmail.com\fR> is mainly
responsible\.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBlightning-waitanyinvoice\fR(7), \fBlightning-listinvoice\fR(7),
\fBlightning-delinvoice\fR(7), \fBlightning-invoice\fR(7)
.SH RESOURCES
Main web site: \fIhttps://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning\fR