Re: EXIT_FAILURE problem

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From: Paul Eggert
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 04:50

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To get back to the original point,
if you want extremely wide portability, be careful with

	#include <stdlib.h>

	#ifndef EXIT_FAILURE
	#define EXIT_FAILURE 1
	#endif

because it isn't portable to old buggy hosts where <stdlib.h>
#defines EXIT_FAILURE to be 0.  Example: Sony NEWS-OS Release 4.0C.

(That same <stdlib.h> also defines EXIT_SUCCESS to be 0.
How equanimious of it!)

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Subject: Re: EXIT_FAILURE problem
Date: 9 Aug 1995 21:50:14 -0700
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