Add an internal helper for logging (upcoming).

PiperOrigin-RevId: 452134803
Change-Id: I8660df850ab537c441399545b25eb32399b2a3ef

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h b/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
index 34914d2e..fc1e78bc 100644
--- a/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
+++ b/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ struct StatusRep {
 };
 
 absl::StatusCode MapToLocalCode(int value);
+
+// If `status` is not OK, returns a pointer to a newly-allocated string with the
+// given `prefix`, suitable for output as an error message in assertion/CHECK()
+// failures. Otherwise returns nullptr.
+//
+// This is an internal implementation detail for Abseil logging.
+std::string* MakeCheckFailString(const absl::Status& status,
+                                 const char* prefix);
+
 }  // namespace status_internal
 
 ABSL_NAMESPACE_END