MKCL fails when non-erroneous condition is signaled

[Jean-Claude Beaudoin]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 3:00 AM, Faré <fahree at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:23 PM, Jean-Claude Beaudoin
> <jean.claude.beaudoin at gmail.com> wrote:
> (...)
>
> >> I believe it's a bug in MKCL, maybe specifically in command line
> >> processing.
> >> Can you fix it?
> >
> > Looks more like a ill-advised feature than a bug, that I can surely
> > fix/improve
> > to better satisfaction. I am investigating...
> >
> Definitely a bug. Only serious-condition's should cause mkcl to abort
> if unhandled.
>

The fix I intend for this bug is currently on MKCL's github repo master
head.
Please give it a try.


>
> >> Should I add some backward compatibility for older versions of MKCL,
> >> or is it superfluous?
> >
> > Not sure yet. I'll tell you with the fix.
>

I don't see what could be done at a reasonable cost, so I would simply let
it go and point the latest and greatest to whoever stumbles on this.


> >
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Probably your best footer quote ever!
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