Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value

> mjd@plover.com writes:
> > Since /bin/false exited with non-zero status, $! should be set to 0.
> > However, it is instead set to the empty string.
> 
> Do you remember that $! is double-headed?  It has both numeric and
> string values...

Maybe the documentation is at fault, then.  I don't see why the
current behavior is not simply described by

	If the only problem was that the program exited non-zero $!
	will be set to the empty string.

• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Tom Christiansen
• [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by mjd
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Ilya Zakharevich
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Mark-Jason Dominus
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Ilya Zakharevich
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Mark-Jason Dominus
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