Re: PATCH: file:close() return-value for pipes

[Tony Finch <dot@...>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Miles Bader wrote:

> Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> writes:
> > Better yet, it could return true for exit(0) and nil,what,code otherwise.
>
> That seems very useful and intuitive...

Or perhaps nil -> no error, number -> non-zero exit code, string -> signal name.

Tony.
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