Re: Found an error in the documentation

On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 04:06:39PM -0400, Alan Corey wrote:
> At http://www.gphoto.org/doc/api/gphoto2-camera_8h.html#ae7b6050bb4bc7a697f9e07253c27710f
> and in the version I have for the 2.5.12 from Raspbian debs, it says
> that gp_camera_autodetect() returns a gphoto2 error code.
> 
> That's wrong, it returns a count sometimes.  Even in 2.5.17
> gp_camera_autodetect returns a gp_list_count when it's successful.
> Testing for a match to GP_OK will only work (maybe) if there are 0
> cameras detected.  If it's positive it's a count, if negative it's an
> error.  Testing for a non-zero return also won't work.

Yes, it is 0 -> n for count of detected cameras or <0 for an error.
I adjusted it in the code, will be published on next docu resync.

Ciao, Marcus

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