Re: [git patches] two warning fixes

[Tim Tassonis]

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I think "must_check" is an abomination. It makes the callee dictate what 
> the caller has to do, but dammit, if the callee really "knows" its errors 
> are that serious, it should damn well handle them itself.
>
> The whole "sysfs_create_file()" thing is an example of that. If it fails, 
> it fails. The caller can't do anythign about it anyway, except perhaps 
> print a message.  Why the hell does such a function have the "right" to 
> dictate what the user should do?

Well, that's just how OO fascists think. An object dictates to the user 
what he/she can do with it, as opposed to the user can do what he 
wants/needs.


Tim
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