[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Report the reason to exit for -identify

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:50:53PM +0100, rvm wrote:
> Maybe the best would be to change the type of "how" from const char * to an 
> int or enum, and then print one thing or another (in a switch) instead of 
> having to compare the strings, but that would require some deeper changes.

IMO that is the only acceptable solution.
Also I think you should always print an ID_EXIT even when you do not
have any "how" set.
To distinguish the error conditions you could also just use different exit codes.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger