1 is a magic number to C's exit() and Perl_my_exit().

Its real name is EXIT_FAILURE and it comes out of the wash somewhat
differently on VMS than elsewhere.

diff --git a/ext/XS-APItest/t/my_exit.t b/ext/XS-APItest/t/my_exit.t
index 31c0a6b..6f7cd8f 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/XS-APItest/t/my_exit.t
+++ b/ext/XS-APItest/t/my_exit.t
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ PROG
 ok
 EXPECT
 fresh_perl_is($prog, $expect);
-is($? >> 8, 1, "exit code plain my_exit");
+
+# C's EXIT_FAILURE ends up as SS$_ABORT (decimal 44) on VMS, which gets
+# shifted to 4.  Perl_my_exit (unlike Perl_my_failure_exit) does not 
+# have access to the vmsish pragmas to modify that behavior.
+ 
+my $exit_failure = $^O eq 'VMS' ? 4 : 1;
+is($? >> 8, $exit_failure, "exit code plain my_exit");
 
 ($prog, $expect) = (<<'PROG', <<'EXPECT');
 use XS::APItest;
@@ -29,5 +35,5 @@ PROG
 ok
 EXPECT
 fresh_perl_is($prog, $expect);
-is($? >> 8, 1, "exit code my_exit inside a call_sv with G_EVAL");
+is($? >> 8, $exit_failure, "exit code my_exit inside a call_sv with G_EVAL");