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<p>
-Note, in the case of an error, the contents of <tt/item/ is not
-modified - that is, it retains its pre-call value. One should take
-care to initialize this value prior to calling
-<tt/pam_get_item()/. Since, if its value - despite the
-<tt/pam_get_item()/ function failing - is to be used the consequences
-are undefined.
+In the case of an error, the contents of <tt/item/ is set to <tt/NULL/.
<sect2>Understanding errors
<label id="pam-strerror-section">