On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 11:44:38PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
> On 6/8/2023 11:32 PM, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > Quoting Leo Izen (2023-06-08 16:26:36)
> > > Inlines some ret < 0 checks to look like:
> > >      if ((ret = func()) < 0)
> > >          return ret;
> > > 
> > > which clarifies code slightly.
> > 
> > FWIW I find this variant less readable.
> > But it's your code, so up to you.
> 
> Agree. It's both less readable

> and more prone to mistakes.

yes, we had bugs with people misplacing a () in exactly this
style of checking the return

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