From: Felipe Contreras Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 21:19:12 GMT Subject: Re: RFC: error codes on exit Message-ID: <60a97550287b3_857e9208b8@natae.notmuch> In-Reply-To: <7f0c9ab8-c1ca-171b-8247-6d921702f3bc@iee.email> Philip Oakley wrote: > On 21/05/2021 17:53, Alex Henrie wrote: > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM Felipe Contreras > > 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. -- Felipe Contreras