Sure, I guess in some sense an error code is better than nothing.

These error codes are usually quite specific, so tell me what they mean.

This is a new error code, and I have to track it down.

Often, a reason for the crash including the error code was displayed in the dialog.

If it cannot process the request, it may return an error code.

In systems without exceptions, routines would need to return some special error code.

As a result, Canon has since dropped the use of this error code in its newer cameras.

The first element is an integer representing the error code.

"Fail" returned an error code to the program, similar to other errors such as file not found.

Due to limited cartridge space, errors were reported with error codes.