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Re^2: Testing and system return status (!backwards)

by tye (Sage)
on Sep 10, 2014 at 03:00 UTC ( [id://1100068]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Testing and system return status
in thread Testing and system return status

It would be backward if a passing test was one where the command exited with a "success" status. In this case, passing the test is the command exiting with a "failure" status [which would then pass a "true" value to ok()]. So the test is not backward.

- tye        

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