Hi Jim, On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> wrote: > I don't like the length of "ignore_value" either, but think of that > as a feature, not a problem. It's more of an auto-regulator: If I'm > ignoring so many "important" return values that the "ignore_value" > uses impair readability, then I take that as an indication that I'm > doing something wrong.
Theoretically, that sounds right. In "real life" I develop a lot of daemon software on appliances that really cannot go down. If some FILE* descriptor becomes error prone, I trigger some alert somewhere but I may as well keep trying because it might get better. I can't just quit because I'm unhappy with some FILE* descriptor. Maybe extend the prefix a bit: void_fwrite() for example? Or even: ignore_value_fwrite() In any case, it is the wrapping of the function call that I see as comprehension clutter. Much more so than the length of the prefix.
