On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 13:31 -0700, Michael Stenner wrote: > 1) it doesn't need to be perfect. The idea is to provide something > useful to people that need a quick-and-dirty. We have a full > python interface if folks need more. Exactly. > 2) there's not a lot of room for feedback. If you go the bitmask > route, there are 16 bits? Actually only 8 (exit(3) ands the exit code with 0377) That might be an argument for doing a dirt simple 0/1 thing right now and reserve the remaining 7 bits for an enhacement in the future, when it becomes clear what distinctions people need to make. David
