Thread (16 messages) 16 messages, 10 authors, 2021-05-26

Re: RFC: error codes on exit

From: Felipe Contreras <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-22 21:19:23

Philip Oakley wrote:
On 21/05/2021 17:53, Alex Henrie wrote:
quoted
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM Felipe Contreras
[off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
It's good to not include many initial codes, but I would start with at
least three:

  OK = 0,
  UNKNOWN = 1,
  NORMAL = 2,
If you go that route, could you please pick a word other than "normal"
to describe errors that are not entirely unexpected? I'm worried that
someone will see "normal" and use it instead of "OK" to indicate
success.

-Alex
Typical <== Normal

Though abnormal and atypical often have different implications ;-)
P.
Or USUAL.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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