Re: functions returning 0 on success [was: [PATCH] Fix a memory leak in the i386 setup code]

[Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>]

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.

-- 
Dmitry
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