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| -rw-r--r-- | CODING_STYLE | 6 |
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diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE index b687e729f4..1748dc4bc4 100644 --- a/CODING_STYLE +++ b/CODING_STYLE @@ -226,3 +226,9 @@ instead of just this: unlink("/foo/bar/baz"); + +- 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 + fork()ed off a child process, please use _exit() instead of exit(), + so that the exit handlers are not run. |