Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: EXIT_SUCCESS |
| Date | 2016-07-10 17:00 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnk2gtkprt.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <87r3b4xdsa.fsf@gmail.com> <87shvk3sq9.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <duad1aF359bU1@mid.individual.net> <lnoa65ksi8.fsf@kst-u.example.com> <dug452Fdt2fU1@mid.individual.net> |
"Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> writes:
> "Keith Thompson" <kst-u@mib.org> wrote in message
> news:lnoa65ksi8.fsf@kst-u.example.com...
>> "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> writes:
>>> "Ben Bacarisse" wrote:
>> [...]
>>>> #include <stdlib.h>
>>>> int main(void) { return EXIT_FAILURE; }
>>>
>>> Doesn't that depend on a distorted definition of the English word,
>>> failure?
>>> ISTM that the syntax is OK but the semantics are awful.
>>
>> EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE
>>
>> expand to integer constant expressions that can be used as
>> the argument to the exit function to return unsuccessful
>> or successful termination status, respectively, to the host
>> environment
>>
>> What distortion do you see?
>
> The program was successful and did what it was designed to do and returned
> status indicating that it had failed.
Yes. I see that it's a bit odd, but it's quite useful (see /bin/false
on Unix).
> If I misunderstood something, then I misunderstood something; so be it.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
Back to comp.lang.c | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
EXIT_SUCCESS Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2016-07-08 00:00 -0300
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-07 19:54 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-07-08 15:03 +1200
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-07 23:20 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-08 10:19 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-08 03:25 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-08 13:49 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-08 08:33 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-07-08 18:03 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-08 19:11 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-07-08 14:25 -0500
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-08 20:34 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:10 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-10 01:21 -0500
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-10 16:09 -0600
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-10 16:01 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-07-10 18:30 -0500
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-10 17:00 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-10 22:43 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-10 22:31 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-11 08:24 +0000
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:18 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-07-11 00:47 +0000
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.0aikd@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-12 18:52 -0500
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-12 20:32 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-12 20:59 -0600
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.a2m2l@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-13 02:11 -0500
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-13 11:26 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-13 08:48 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-07-18 09:54 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-08 17:46 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-09 13:13 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jgh@mdfs.net - 2016-07-25 04:42 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 13:07 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Udyant Wig <udyant.wig@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 20:05 +0530
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-25 16:06 +0000
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 17:41 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 11:04 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 19:14 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-25 22:00 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 22:03 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-25 22:41 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-25 14:50 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 15:04 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 10:43 +0200
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-25 14:41 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 10:59 +0200
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-27 06:20 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-27 15:44 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-27 16:22 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-27 11:20 -0600
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-27 15:32 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-28 14:47 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 08:46 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 12:44 +0200
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-26 08:24 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 19:26 +0200
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-26 18:03 +0100
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:15 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-07-11 16:46 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-15 13:51 +0000
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-07-15 08:07 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-15 14:33 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-23 09:07 +0000
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com> - 2016-07-23 16:44 -0500
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-25 10:36 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com> - 2016-07-25 15:28 -0500
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2016-07-18 09:45 +0200
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.bitq1@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-08 17:56 -0500
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-08 08:35 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-31 15:03 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2016-07-31 18:09 -0400
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-31 15:36 -0700
Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-08-01 10:09 -0400
csiph-web