Re: lua.c and OS error codes

[Tony Finch <dot@...>]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Thomas Lauer wrote:
>
> I thought of that, but for the time being decided against. Main reason
> was that external tools can't easily distinguish between a non-zero code
> that means "lua has a problem with my script" (i.e. lua error status<>0)
> vs "my script has a problem with whatever" (i.e. my error code<>0). And
> whatever I do, I can construct cases where doing the opposite would be
> better.

Yes, this is a problem. However I was thinking it would be preferable to
make the patch extend the current behaviour (add more ways of returning
non-zero) and avoid incompatibilities (like returning zero after a
compilation error).

Tony.
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