Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 07:19:36 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> Cc: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/rwall rwall.c Message-ID: <20020307131936.GH36653@hellblazer.nectar.cc> In-Reply-To: <20020307060920.C81803@espresso.q9media.com> References: <200203042027.g24KRc978637@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020307030244.B63484@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020307060920.C81803@espresso.q9media.com>
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On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:09:20AM -0500, Mike Barcroft wrote: > David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > - (void)snprintf(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname), "%s/wall.XXXXXX", _PATH_TMP); > > + snprintf(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname), "%s/wall.XXXXXX", _PATH_TMP); > > > > lint(1) does not like our usage of (void)? Removing it where it already > > exists goes against the examples in style(9). > > I thought the point of (void) was to quiet lint(1). I like it especially in the case, as it means ``yes, I _meant_ to ignore the result'' --- the author of this code is intentionally ignoring truncation issues. OTOH, if the author added it just to quiet lint, it is a bit misleading. Cheers, -- Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> http://www.nectar.cc/ NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@FreeBSD.org . nectar@kth.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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