Admittedly, the POSIX specification for exit() also uses octal. However, 0xFF immediately indicates the lowest 8 bits to me whereas I had to think a bit about the octal mask. --- man3/exit.3 | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/exit.3 b/man3/exit.3 index 4a30fc39f..b47ba17a1 100644 --- a/man3/exit.3 +++ b/man3/exit.3 @@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ exit \- cause normal process termination .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR exit () -function causes normal process termination and the -value of \fIstatus & 0377\fP is returned to the parent -(see +function causes normal process termination and the value of \fIstatus & +0xFF\fP is returned to the parent (see .BR wait (2)). .PP All functions registered with -- 2.17.1
