'Construct a status from the given signal.
@type signal: L{int} between 0 and 255 inclusive.
@param signal: The signal number which the status will represent.
@rtype: L{int}
@return: A status integer for the given signal.'

def signalStatus(self, signal):

    status = signal
    self.assertTrue(os.WIFSIGNALED(status))
    self.assertEqual(os.WTERMSIG(status), signal)
    self.assertFalse(os.WIFEXITED(status))
    return status
