How do you convert an iPhone OSStatus code to something useful?

Question

I am getting more than a little sick of this iPhone SDK and its documentation...

I am calling AudioConverterNew

in the documentation under Returns: it says \

Answer 1

This is not a direct answer to OP's question, but I think it will be useful to whoever is concerned with these OSStatus return codes:

Search for keyword "Result Codes" in Xcode documentation (Organizer) and we get a more or less categorized return codes documentation sections in the "System Guides" result.

If you just need to use some codes directly in your custom functions, they are very helpful.