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+// See LICENSE for license details.
+
+package firrtl.options
+
+/** The supertype of all exit codes */
+sealed trait ExitCode { val number: Int }
+
+/** [[ExitCode]] indicating success */
+object ExitSuccess extends ExitCode{ val number = 0 }
+
+/** An [[ExitCode]] indicative of failure. This must be non-zero and should not conflict with a reserved exit code. */
+sealed trait ExitFailure extends ExitCode
+
+/** An exit code indicating a general, non-specific error */
+object GeneralError extends ExitFailure { val number = 1 }