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authorSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2016-03-01 14:30:34 +0100
committerSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2016-03-01 14:30:34 +0100
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Merge branch 'sverk/halt-INT_MIN' into maint
OTP-13251 * sverk/halt-INT_MIN: erts: Make erlang:halt() accept bignums as Status erts: Change erl_exit into erts_exit kernel: Remove calls to erl_exit
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@@ -1794,7 +1794,8 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
</item>
</taglist>
<note><p>On many platforms, the OS supports only status
- codes 0-255.</p></note>
+ codes 0-255. A too large status code will be truncated by clearing
+ the high bits.</p></note>
<p>For integer <c><anno>Status</anno></c>, the Erlang runtime system
closes all ports and allows async threads to finish their
operations before exiting. To exit without such flushing, use