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@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@
unlink("/foo/bar/baz");
+ Don't cast function calls to (void) that return no error
+ conditions. Specifically, the various xyz_unref() calls that return a NULL
+ object shouldn't be cast to (void), since not using the return value does not
+ hide any errors.
+
- Don't invoke exit(), ever. It is not replacement for proper error
handling. Please escalate errors up your call chain, and use normal
"return" to exit from the main function of a process. If you