From 13d389629aba2c686798a856332c00c6934cacd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Falbesoner <sebastian.falbesoner@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:42:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING: mention that `EXIT_` codes should be used

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a366d38b..80890fb7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ In addition, libsecp256k1 tries to maintain the following coding conventions:
 * User-facing comment lines in headers should be limited to 80 chars if possible.
 * All identifiers in file scope should start with `secp256k1_`.
 * Avoid trailing whitespace.
+* Use the constants `EXIT_SUCCESS`/`EXIT_FAILURE` (defined in `stdlib.h`) to indicate program execution status for examples and other binaries.
 
 ### Tests