netplay: clarify the behavior of GenericSystemErrorCategory

For OSes other than Windows, it uses `strerror()`, which is influenced by `LC_MESSAGES` system locale category. Extend the comment in `GenericSystemErrorCategory` to reflect that. Signed-off-by: Pavel Solodovnikov <[email protected]>
Warzone2100 · Oct 21, 2024 · f520ccf · f520ccf
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diff --git a/lib/netplay/error_categories.h b/lib/netplay/error_categories.h
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 ///
 /// Please see the bug https://github.com/microsoft/STL/issues/3254 for the explanation
 /// as to why we would need to use a custom error category (at least on Windows).
+///
+/// NOTE: Currently, for OSes other than Windows, error messages are obtained via
+/// `strerror()` function, which is influenced by the `LC_MESSAGES` locale category.
+/// This shouldn't be a problem, though, as opposed to Windows, which suffers from the
+/// aforementioned bug in MSVC STL.
 /// </summary.
 class GenericSystemErrorCategory : public std::error_category
 {