Re: Compilation problems??

Alicia Carla Longstreet wrote:
> If I write a program and decide that exit(99) indicates failure due to
> an inability to allocate sufficient memory for a data object, that is
> EXACTLY what an exit code of 99 will mean ON EVERY SINGLE PLATFORM/OS
> THAT I CHOOSE TO PORT MY PROGRAM TO.

	By convention, on any Unix-style operating system, exit(0)
	means the program ran successfully.

	If you choose to change this convention for your program, you
	risk breaking shell scripts and other programs that call
	your program.

	I.e. you become non-standard (on Unix-style operating systems).

		Craig

>
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> * Alicia Carla Longstreet carla_at_ici.net *
> * Supporter of the campaign against grumpiness on c.l.c *
> *********************************************************
> * Children, *
> * We spend two years teaching them to talk... *
> * and 20 years trying to get them to shut up! *
> *********************************************************
> The money spent on an abortion,
> as any woman may find out,
> can better be spent on other things,
> like taking the kids to an amusment park, or on vacation.

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Craig Miller .... Cedar Park, TX .... programmer, homebrewer
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