From 60f65668ed73b1b871e5a28a9628bac6021d57e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Warren <rabbitsinwarrens@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:29:50 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: change name of self-documenting constant

The previous constant name implied that a user id was returned
 and that it cannot be relied upon. That is not the case. -1 is an
 error flag and the constant should identify it as such.
---
 src/_pytest/compat.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/_pytest/compat.py b/src/_pytest/compat.py
index bf86de4cc..344b2c847 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/compat.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/compat.py
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ def get_user_id() -> int | None:
     else:
         # On other platforms, a return value of -1 is assumed to indicate that
         # the current process's real user id cannot be determined.
-        UNRELIABLE = -1
+        ERROR = -1
         uid = os.getuid()
-        return uid if uid != UNRELIABLE else None
+        return uid if uid != ERROR else None
 
 
 # Perform exhaustiveness checking.