Re: RFC: error codes on exit

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On 21/05/2021 17:53, Alex Henrie wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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.



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