[Openal-devel] Concerning alcGetError in the SI

[Chris Robinson]

According to the specs for alcGetError:
"Error conditions are specific to the device, and (like AL) a call to 
alcGetError resets the error state."

I'm currently writing a patch to make ALC errors device-specific, instead of 
global as they are now. My question is, what should I do for errors where 
there's no (valid) device? Should there be a global "no-device" device (like 
how it's done now, but just for errors generated with/from no device)? The 
specs don't say that alcGetError(NULL); is invalid, however tracking errors 
that way would prove to be problematic. Or should errors with no discernable 
device be ignored?