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

From:	Jani Taskinen	Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:08:03 +0000
Subject:	Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
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Fixing a bug by adding new function that behaves correctly is really
not the way to go. Could you please give me nice example what kind
of scripts break if the integer is not printed out?

--Jani



On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote:

>exit_with_status(), silent_exit(), quiet_exit(), etc. etc.  Something
>should fit :)
>
>
>At 14:49 19/12/2001, Lars Torben Wilson wrote:
>>Zeev Suraski writes:
>> > At 14:04 19/12/2001, derick@php.net wrote:
>> > >Two ways to fix it then, either update the manual, or fix exit(). I go for
>> > >the last one then. Ppl who relied on the undocumented feature then, did
>> > >simply the wrong thing.
>> >
>> > Only the documentation was wrong to begin with!  A documentation bug
>> should
>> > not become a feature, especially when it never worked that way, so anybody
>> > who actually used this function saw that it was behaving differently.
>> >
>> > Zeev
>>
>>Well, from another point of view, both were wrong. :) The manual
>>documented behaviour which didn't exist, so it was wrong. In another
>>sense, the code behaved in a fashion which had a very high WTF factor,
>>so it couild be called 'wrong' too.
>>
>>An easy way to set and check the exit status of a PHP script would
>>make a lot of life a hell of a lot easier.
>>
>>
>>--
>>  Torben Wilson <torben@php.net>
>>  http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com
>>  http://www.hybrid17.com
>>  http://www.inflatableeye.com
>>  +1.604.709.0506
>



   

Thread (53 messages)

• Derick RethansTue, 18 Dec 2001 11:14:11 +0000
  • Jason GreeneTue, 18 Dec 2001 16:44:24 +0000
    • Jani TaskinenTue, 18 Dec 2001 23:38:39 +0000Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
      • Yasuo OhgakiWed, 19 Dec 2001 00:43:21 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
      • Vlad KrupinWed, 19 Dec 2001 01:15:31 +0000
        • Lars Torben WilsonWed, 19 Dec 2001 11:52:39 +0000
          • derick@php.netWed, 19 Dec 2001 12:04:08 +0000
          • Zeev SuraskiWed, 19 Dec 2001 12:42:22 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integerexit-status?
            • Lars Torben WilsonWed, 19 Dec 2001 12:49:02 +0000
            • Zeev SuraskiWed, 19 Dec 2001 12:59:09 +0000
              • Jani TaskinenWed, 19 Dec 2001 13:08:03 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
              • Zeev SuraskiWed, 19 Dec 2001 13:14:42 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
                • Lars Torben WilsonWed, 19 Dec 2001 13:21:42 +0000
                • Zeev SuraskiWed, 19 Dec 2001 13:38:10 +0000
              • Lars Torben WilsonWed, 19 Dec 2001 13:15:03 +0000
              • Zeev SuraskiWed, 19 Dec 2001 13:37:06 +0000
                • Lars Torben WilsonWed, 19 Dec 2001 14:11:39 +0000
                  • Vlad KrupinWed, 19 Dec 2001 18:43:05 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
                    • Lars Torben WilsonWed, 19 Dec 2001 22:27:12 +0000
                      • Vlad KrupinWed, 19 Dec 2001 23:11:35 +0000
                        • Lars Torben WilsonWed, 19 Dec 2001 23:33:15 +0000
                          • Markus FischerWed, 19 Dec 2001 23:54:51 +0000
                            • Jani TaskinenThu, 20 Dec 2001 00:16:21 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
                              • Markus FischerThu, 20 Dec 2001 00:25:47 +0000
                              • Rasmus LerdorfThu, 20 Dec 2001 04:31:16 +0000
                            • Lars Torben WilsonThu, 20 Dec 2001 00:12:02 +0000
                              • Markus FischerThu, 20 Dec 2001 00:26:40 +0000
                                • Lars Torben WilsonThu, 20 Dec 2001 00:24:10 +0000
                • Zeev SuraskiWed, 19 Dec 2001 14:39:40 +0000
                  • Lars Torben WilsonWed, 19 Dec 2001 15:13:24 +0000
              • Jason GreeneWed, 19 Dec 2001 15:57:35 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
                • Jani TaskinenWed, 19 Dec 2001 16:29:26 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
              • Vlad KrupinWed, 19 Dec 2001 18:36:22 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
              • Zeev SuraskiWed, 19 Dec 2001 20:26:54 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
                • Jason GreeneWed, 19 Dec 2001 21:13:34 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
                • Zeev SuraskiWed, 19 Dec 2001 23:17:49 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
• benjamin yatesWed, 19 Dec 2001 20:45:49 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
  • Jason GreeneWed, 19 Dec 2001 20:55:46 +0000
• benjamin yatesWed, 19 Dec 2001 21:00:11 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
  • Brian MoonWed, 19 Dec 2001 21:28:58 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
    • benjamin yatesThu, 20 Dec 2001 14:01:48 +0000
      • derick@php.netThu, 20 Dec 2001 14:01:55 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
• php4 at developersdesk dot comWed, 19 Dec 2001 20:28:19 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
• Markus FischerThu, 20 Dec 2001 07:34:17 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
  • Yasuo OhgakiThu, 20 Dec 2001 13:18:48 +0000
  • Zeev SuraskiThu, 20 Dec 2001 14:02:34 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integerexit-status?
    • Lars Torben WilsonThu, 20 Dec 2001 14:29:43 +0000
    • Zeev SuraskiThu, 20 Dec 2001 14:39:52 +0000
      • Lars Torben WilsonThu, 20 Dec 2001 14:40:26 +0000
      • derick@php.netThu, 20 Dec 2001 14:47:06 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
        • Lars Torben WilsonThu, 20 Dec 2001 16:51:50 +0000
    • Yasuo OhgakiThu, 20 Dec 2001 16:48:18 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?
    • Vlad KrupinThu, 20 Dec 2001 18:19:26 +0000Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?