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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:119539 Archived-At: Noam Postavsky writes: > Problem is 32bit Emacs has 28 bit integers, so there's no way to fit > the whole exit code anyway. There is -with-wide-int for 32bit Emacs and it can be compiled as a 64bit executable. > At least truncating to 8 bits is portable. Imposing the limits of one platform on another is the contrary of being portable. > Plus, isn't it against Emacs policy to provide features on non-Free > platforms before Free ones? Nobody is asking for more than 8 bits of exit status on *nix. There is no competition here about who has the wider exit status.