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| author | Karen Arutyunov <karen@codesynthesis.com> | 2016-10-18 14:34:50 +0300 |
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| committer | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2016-11-04 09:26:26 +0200 |
| commit | f0c0f7a469c18dea61fab888d3f5f2f70b3c1c45 (patch) | |
| tree | ceb520950d3706e4f54fe640a4ec392b2ed50123 /build2/test/script/script | |
| parent | 4098cdddbb3ef9830b70b3ad2f1e0610a95d9aa0 (diff) | |
Change test::script::command_exit::status type
Diffstat (limited to 'build2/test/script/script')
| -rw-r--r-- | build2/test/script/script | 22 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/build2/test/script/script b/build2/test/script/script index b6a0f21..1127fb3 100644 --- a/build2/test/script/script +++ b/build2/test/script/script @@ -48,10 +48,26 @@ namespace build2 struct command_exit { - // @@ Need to understand what type we should use for status. - + // C/C++ don't apply constraints to program exit code values other than + // being of int type. + // + // POSIX specifies that only the least significant 8 bits shall be + // available from wait() and waitpid(); the full value shall be + // available from waitid() (read more at + // http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/_Exit.html). + // While Linux man page for waitid() doesn't mention any deviations + // from the standard the FreeBSD implementation (as of version 11.0) + // only returns 8 bits like the other wait*() calls. + // + // Windows supports 32-bit exit codes. + // + // Note that in shells some exit values can have a special meaning so + // using them can be a source of confusion, For bash values in the + // [126, 255] range are such a special ones (read more at + // http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html). + // exit_comparison comparison = exit_comparison::eq; - uint16_t status = 0; + uint8_t status = 0; }; struct test: command |