failureReturn

P165767
predicate

Indicates that an operation or process results in an unsuccessful outcome and returns a corresponding failure value or status.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
returnsOnFailure 10
failureReturn canonical 1

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: failureReturn
Generated description
Indicates that an operation or process results in an unsuccessful outcome and returns a corresponding failure value or status.

Sample triples (11)

Subject Object
SelectObject NULL via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
SelectObject HGDI_ERROR via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
LineTo zero via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
CreateThread NULL via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
HeapAlloc NULL via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
HeapFree zero via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
WaitForMultipleObjects WAIT_FAILED via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
PrintDlg zero via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
WSAWaitForMultipleEvents WSA_WAIT_FAILED ⓘ
WSAEnumProtocols SOCKET_ERROR via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ
WSARecvFrom SOCKET_ERROR via predicate surface "returnsOnFailure" ⓘ