Re: RFC: error codes on exit

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 25, 2021, 18:43 UTC
Message-ID: <60ad453d2153e_2901820821@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <CAMMLpeR5S3Ps4C2V4QuTxrCRB_iRsUKyCNOJ4G7Fy7jGe98ZbA@mail.gmail.com>

Alex Henrie wrote:

> On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 3:19 PM Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:

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> > > Though abnormal and atypical often have different implications ;-)
> >
> > Or USUAL.
> 
> The words "typical" and "usual" have the same problem of making it
> sound like there was no error.

Not to me. "Usual" is typically an adjective, which makes me think: usual what? (something is missing). Although both can be used as nouns ("the usual", "the new normal") in this context "usual" is much less confusing (I don't recall hearing "the command returned usual status").

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Felipe Contreras