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SubjectRe: functions returning 0 on success [was: [PATCH] Fix a memory leak in the i386 setup code]
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On Monday 10 July 2006 18:45, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> In such cases when a routine returns 0 on error, I usually write
> it this way:
>
>    if (request_resource() != 0)
>      fail()
>


Many write:

error = do_something();
if (error) {
...
}

And then it really obvious.

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Dmitry
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