Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?

Vlad Krupin writes: > Uh? > You probably do not want to see the returned code printed anyway (unless > you are debugging and are lazy to get it in any other way). Chances are > that the codes returned by exit() won't make much sense to anyone but > the one who develops the code, and it's not too difficult to do: > echo 1; > exit(1); > > There are ways to print out a message right before we exit. There aren't > too many ways to return an error code. I can think of a very good reason > why we might want the error code returned, but not prnted (in fact, a > lot of reasons), and we don't have this functionality. Hence, at least > if parameter to exit() is an int, we should just return the error code, > *not* print it. > > I know, nobody has called a vote, but I thought I'd express my opinion > in the form of a vote anyway, since somebody asked:) > > Vlad +1 > Jani Taskinen wrote: > > >background information: > > > >http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?edit=1&id=11008 > >http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?edit=1&id=14574 > > > >exit() function is broken. Fixing the broken behaviour is the > >only real solution, IMO. > > > >One solution: > > > >- When passed argument is string: print out this string > >- When passed argument is integer: Don't print it, use it as exit-status > > > >This is what is the expected behaviour is and I really can't think > >of any good examples where this would fail. Nobody ever gave any. > >And to get the REAL users (not only Zeev's opinion) I'm sending > >this also to php-general. > > > >>From manual: > > > >"The exit() function terminates execution of the script. It prints > >status just before exiting. If status is an integer, that value will be > >used as exit-status." > > > >This can be understood in many ways. If the status is integer, > >it is used as exit-status..but it's not clear that it's ALSO printed out > >which is simply buggy behaviour. > > > >Now, if general concencus amongs the users of PHP is that it should > >also print out the exit-status when it's an integer then 'shell_exit()' > >function should be added. > > > >--Jani > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > -- Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com http://www.hybrid17.com http://www.inflatableeye.com +1.604.709.0506