Re: diff: suboptimal behaviour with errors

[Thomas Schwinge]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:37:37PM +0100, I wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:26:11AM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > > [diff's return values concerning binary files]
> > I worry a bit that adding to much detail here will just confuse the
> > user, and that it might be simpler to just stick with 2.

Since you are reluctant to change the return values I'm coming back to
the following suggestion of mine:

> One could add a command line option to say 'also return 1 if there are
> differences that are not displayable'.

Are there any objections against doing it that way?


Regards,
 Thomas