bpo-40094: Add os.waitstatus_to_exitcode() (GH-19201)
Add os.waitstatus_to_exitcode() function to convert a wait status to an
exitcode.
Suggest waitstatus_to_exitcode() usage in the documentation when
appropriate.
Use waitstatus_to_exitcode() in:
* multiprocessing, os, subprocess and _bootsubprocess modules;
* test.support.wait_process();
* setup.py: run_command();
* and many tests.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_wait4.py b/Lib/test/test_wait4.py
index 6c7ebcb..f8d5e13 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_wait4.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_wait4.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
break
time.sleep(0.1)
self.assertEqual(spid, cpid)
- self.assertEqual(status, exitcode << 8,
- "cause = %d, exit = %d" % (status&0xff, status>>8))
+ self.assertEqual(os.waitstatus_to_exitcode(status), exitcode)
self.assertTrue(rusage)
def tearDownModule():