On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM Costa Shulyupin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 at 20:56, Wander Lairson Costa <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > -       PASSED = 0, /* same as EXIT_SUCCESS */
> > -       ERROR = 1,  /* same as EXIT_FAILURE, an error in arguments */
> > -       FAILED = 2, /* test hit the stop tracing condition */
> > +       PASSED  = EXIT_SUCCESS,
> > +       ERROR   = EXIT_FAILURE,
> > +       FAILED, /* test hit the stop tracing condition */
>
> The exit codes are defined as numbers internationally because it provides 
> direct translation from numbers to codes and vice versa. Additional 
> indirection doesn't add to readability.
>

I believe that where it is written "internationally" reads
"intentionally" (happens to me all the time). The main motivation is
to use the standard C library exit codes when calling exit().

> Costa
>
>
> ________________________________
> Hi Wander,
>
> Additional indirection does not add to readability.
>
> Thanks,
> Costa


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