[PATCH v2] exit.3: Use hex for the status mask.

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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.
---
 man2/_exit.2 | 2 +-
 man3/exit.3  | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/_exit.2 b/man2/_exit.2
index c55d2a612..6e656c8f4 100644
--- a/man2/_exit.2
+++ b/man2/_exit.2
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The process's parent is sent a
 signal.
 .PP
 The value
-.I "status & 0377"
+.I "status & 0xFF"
 is returned to the parent process as the process's exit status, and
 can be collected using one of the
 .BR wait (2)
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




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