On Apr 24, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Alexander Best <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi there, > > i was wondering about this for some time now: > > various documents decribe different policies regarding exit(3)'s return > values. > style(9) e.g. recommends using exit(0), while other man pages such as err(3) > recommend using the sysexits(3) return values. > > i think i read some time ago on the mailinglists that it was decided that > exit(3) should return integers rathers than sysexits(3) values. is this > correct? shouldn't then all references such as in err(3) be removed and a > note added to sysexits(3) that returnings its values via exit(3) does not > according to current FreeBSD programming style? Bruce Evans was very anti-sysexits a while ago, and I personally agree -- in part because they're not necessarily portable and their application isn't consistent. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
