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From: cjsonnack@mmm.com (Programmer Dude)
Subject: Re: Compiler error: 'Expect procedure name in procedure call'
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:51:34 -0600
Date: 2002-11-05T14:51:34-06:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DC82F56.A723BACA@mmm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3DC6DCC4.60301@worldnet.att.net

Jim Rogers wrote:

> You are actually calling C functions. It is still a bad idea to
> ignore a return value. The return value is your only indication of an
> error from a C function. Ignoring errors is a BAD idea.

But what about C functions in the str* family?  They often just return
their first argument (that is, not an error code).

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-11-05 20:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-04 15:05 Compiler error: 'Expect procedure name in procedure call' Jon
2002-11-04 15:35 ` Stephen Leake
2002-11-04 19:57   ` Jon
2002-11-04 20:35     ` Björn Lundin
2002-11-04 20:53       ` Björn Lundin
2002-11-04 20:48     ` Jim Rogers
2002-11-04 21:08       ` Stephen Leake
2002-11-05 22:15         ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-11-05 20:51       ` Programmer Dude [this message]
2002-11-06 15:06         ` Ted Dennison
2002-11-04 21:40     ` Vinzent Hoefler
2002-11-05  9:29       ` Jon
2002-11-05  9:55         ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-11-06 23:29         ` Randy Brukardt
2002-11-05 14:22     ` Ted Dennison
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