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Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits

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From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
To: 6430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6430: Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:07:24 +0200

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> 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.

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