williamr@2: //  boost/cstdlib.hpp header  ------------------------------------------------//
williamr@2: 
williamr@2: //  Copyright Beman Dawes 2001.  Distributed under the Boost
williamr@2: //  Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
williamr@2: //  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
williamr@2: 
williamr@2: //  See http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/cstdlib.html for documentation.
williamr@2: 
williamr@2: //  Revision History
williamr@2: //   26 Feb 01  Initial version (Beman Dawes)
williamr@2: 
williamr@2: #ifndef BOOST_CSTDLIB_HPP
williamr@2: #define BOOST_CSTDLIB_HPP
williamr@2: 
williamr@2: #include <cstdlib>
williamr@2: 
williamr@2: namespace boost
williamr@2: {
williamr@2:    //  The intent is to propose the following for addition to namespace std
williamr@2:    //  in the C++ Standard Library, and to then deprecate EXIT_SUCCESS and
williamr@2:    //  EXIT_FAILURE.  As an implementation detail, this header defines the
williamr@2:    //  new constants in terms of EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE.  In a new
williamr@2:    //  standard, the constants would be implementation-defined, although it
williamr@2:    //  might be worthwhile to "suggest" (which a standard is allowed to do)
williamr@2:    //  values of 0 and 1 respectively.
williamr@2: 
williamr@2:    //  Rationale for having multiple failure values: some environments may
williamr@2:    //  wish to distinguish between different classes of errors.
williamr@2:    //  Rationale for choice of values: programs often use values < 100 for
williamr@2:    //  their own error reporting.  Values > 255 are sometimes reserved for
williamr@2:    //  system detected errors.  200/201 were suggested to minimize conflict.
williamr@2: 
williamr@2:    const int exit_success = EXIT_SUCCESS;  // implementation-defined value
williamr@2:    const int exit_failure = EXIT_FAILURE;  // implementation-defined value
williamr@2:    const int exit_exception_failure = 200; // otherwise uncaught exception
williamr@2:    const int exit_test_failure = 201;      // report_error or
williamr@2:                                            //  report_critical_error called.
williamr@2: }
williamr@2: 
williamr@2: #endif
williamr@2: