Re: RFC: error codes on exit

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 22, 2021, 21:19 UTC
Message-ID: <60a97550287b3_857e9208b8@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <7f0c9ab8-c1ca-171b-8247-6d921702f3bc@iee.email>

Philip Oakley wrote:

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> On 21/05/2021 17:53, Alex Henrie wrote:
> > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM Felipe Contreras
> > <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> It's good to not include many initial codes, but I would start with at
> >> least three:
> >>
> >>   OK = 0,
> >>   UNKNOWN = 1,
> >>   NORMAL = 2,
> > If you go that route, could you please pick a word other than "normal"
> > to describe errors that are not entirely unexpected? I'm worried that
> > someone will see "normal" and use it instead of "OK" to indicate
> > success.
> >
> > -Alex
> Typical <== Normal
> 
> Though abnormal and atypical often have different implications ;-)
> P.

Or USUAL.

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Felipe Contreras