%% "J. Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jg> ok, I've cc [EMAIL PROTECTED], so maybe someone can tell me if jg> signal numbers are decoded. Would you include this internally? or jg> use a lib etc?
We use the system service to translate the code if the system provides it (many UNIX systems provide strsignal() for example). If not we have a predefined set of signals we translate, but if the signal is not a member of that predefined list it's not translated. >> In the example you give here, for example, the invoked program >> exited with a -1 exit code, which is not a valid errno value. jg> Is there any reason this is printed as unsigned char then? Would jg> not -1 be more appropriate if that was what it was originally? Because the POSIX standard defines the exit code of an application to be an 8-bit value, not a signed integer. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make