Le 2024-03-26 à 13:39, Kenneth a écrit :
> William F Pokorny <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> I often stop POV-Ray after parsing by adding an #error directive:
>>
>> #error "Stopping after parse"
>>
>> at the very bottom of some scene description language (SDL) code.
>>
>> It works but, with the disadvantage of setting a non-zero return code;
>> something which makes testing the parser harder.
>>
> 
> What is a 'non-zero return code', and what testing problems(s) does it cause
> when using #error? I confess to complete ignorance of it :-/
> 
> 
> 

A zero return code is an universal way that a procedure use to indicate 
that it finished successfully. Any non-zero value indicate that there 
was some error occurring.

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