fixup: remove the range restriction

Signed-off-by: Daeyeon Jeong [email protected]

Author: daeyeon

doc/api/process.md

@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ that started the Node.js process. Symbolic links, if any, are resolved.
 added: v0.1.13
 -->
 
-* `code` {integer} The exit code in the range `0` – `255`. **Default:** `0`.
+* `code` {integer} The exit code. **Default:** `0`.
 
 The `process.exit()` method instructs Node.js to terminate the process
 synchronously with an exit status of `code`. If `code` is omitted, exit uses

lib/internal/process/per_thread.js

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function wrapProcessMethods(binding) {
     process.off('exit', handleProcessExit);
 
     if (code !== null && code !== undefined) {
-      validateInteger(code, 'code', 0, 255);
+      validateInteger(code, 'code');
       process.exitCode = code;
     }
 

test/parallel/test-process-exit-code-validation.js

@@ -4,25 +4,14 @@ require('../common');
 const { strictEqual } = require('node:assert');
 
 const isParent = () => process.argv[2] === undefined;
-const invalid_type_samples = ['', '0', {}, [], true, false];
-const out_of_range_samples = [-1, 256];
-const args = [...invalid_type_samples, ...out_of_range_samples];
+const args = ['', '0', {}, [], true, false];
 
 if (isParent()) {
   const { spawn } = require('node:child_process');
 
   // Test the samples.
   strictEqual(
-    invalid_type_samples.every(
-      (v) => typeof v !== 'number' && v !== null && v !== undefined,
-    ),
-    true,
-  );
-
-  strictEqual(
-    out_of_range_samples.every(
-      (v) => typeof v == 'number' && (v < 0 || v > 255),
-    ),
+    args.every((v) => typeof v !== 'number' && v !== null && v !== undefined),
     true,
   );