Gets the raw status code of the process, as from waitpid.
This value has no particular meaning, but it can be used with the macros defined by the system headers such as WIFEXITED. It can also be used with check_wait_status.
It is more likely that you want to use get_if_exited followed by get_exit_status.
It is an error to call this function before wait has returned.
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