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"