Re: [MacPerl] MPW Perl exit status

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

"Douglas P. McNutt" <dmcnutt@macnauchtan.com> writes:
>>On 2/26 Matthias wrote:
>>> *if* you execute the "exit()" command, the value you pass for exit will
>>> be returned. If you don't have an exit command, exit(0) is assumed.
>>
>>On 2/26 paul.b.patton@hbc.honeywell.com wrote:
>>This doesn't work for me.  Example ...
>
>It works OK for me.

For me, too.

>But...
>    exit("Hello world");
>yields a status of zero. It is an artifact of the way MPW works.

No. Perl exit takes a numeric parameter, so the string is converted to a number
(0) right away.

Matthias

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