Re: Should TAP capture exit codes

[Michael G Schwern]

demerphq wrote:
If you want to say "Temporary Redirect" don't say "307" say "Temporary
Redirect"!  If you want to put lots of information into one value, like
categorization, use a hash!  { type => "Redirect", permanent => 0 }

Numeric response codes have the advantage that they are language agnostic.

So are strings.  Wow, I'm having deja vu.

I should have been more clear, you wouldn't use a literal hash.  You'd use 
YAML or JSON or something.

error:
  type: Redirect
  permanent: 0