Message242143
> This can be implemented as separate module on PyPI.
Sure! Make them even less discoverable!
Let me try to state my motivations for adding these constants:
1. I find exit(EXIT_FAILURE) much clearer than exit(1).
2. I want people to standardize on status=1 for a generic failure code. I do see exit(-1) used as often as exit(1).
3. I want discourage people from using computed integer results as exit status. For example,
# process files and store errors in a list
sys.exit(len(errors)) # bad - success for multiples of 256 errors
sys.exit(sys.EXIT_SUCCESS if not errors else sys.EXIT_FAILURE) # good |
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2015-04-27 18:46:48 | belopolsky | set | recipients:
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2015-04-27 18:46:48 | belopolsky | set | messageid: <1430160408.35.0.0396066017723.issue24053@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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