+ * xcb_connect_to_fd call that returned @p c.
+ */
+int xcb_get_file_descriptor(xcb_connection_t *c);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Test whether the connection has shut down due to a fatal error.
+ * @param c: The connection.
+ * @return 1 if the connection is in an error state; 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * Some errors that occur in the context of an xcb_connection_t
+ * are unrecoverable. When such an error occurs, the
+ * connection is shut down and further operations on the
+ * xcb_connection_t have no effect.
+ *
+ * @todo Other functions should document the conditions in
+ * which they shut down the connection.