NAME
    qprepMessageTableInitialize: initialize table of error messages and codes


  USAGE
    qprepMessageTableInitialize(\%message_table) ;


  ARGUMENTS
    \%message_table: nested hash table of error messages and codes.

      Keys are tokens for errors.
      Values are hash table:
        Key is either MSG_TEXT or ERR_CODE.
        Value associated with MSG_TEXT is text string with error message.
        Value associated with ERR_CODE is integer error code value.


  DESCRIPTION
    The "error table" facility act similarly in spirit to the "perror"
    and "errno" operating system facilities, in that this facility
    provides a unified access point for common error messages and codes.
    This facility allows for rapid and simple internationalization, since
    only the text portion of the table need be changed, and the rest of
    the code can remain unchanged.  This facility also reduces the number
    of error messages by provoding a set of common messages, instead
    of the code author concocting a new message for each situation,
    when some situations should share one text message.


  SEE ALSO
    qprep(1),
    define_message_table(in 'archive.pm'),

    Practical Supercomputing Toolkit web site: https://pstoolkit.nwra.com


  AUTHOR
    Written 2001 by Michael J. Gourlay
    in collaboration with Joe Werne, Chris Bizon and others.