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Be more clear that g_return_if_fail is undefined behaviour
In particular, it is not incorrect to g_return_if_fail (..., FALSE) in a function returning a "success" gboolean and a GError: "failure to meet the preconditions is an error" takes precedence over the GError documentation's guarantee that the error will be set on failure. Bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660809 Reviewed-by: Emmanuele Bassi
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@@ -309,9 +309,23 @@
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* g_set_error() will complain if you pile up errors.
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*
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* - By convention, if you return a boolean value indicating success
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* then %TRUE means success and %FALSE means failure. If %FALSE is
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* then %TRUE means success and %FALSE means failure.
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* <footnote><para>Avoid creating functions which have a boolean
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* return value and a GError parameter, but where the boolean does
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* something other than signal whether the GError is set. Among other
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* problems, it requires C callers to allocate a temporary error. Instead,
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* provide a "gboolean *" out parameter. There are functions in GLib
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* itself such as g_key_file_has_key() that are deprecated because of this.
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* </para></footnote>
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* If %FALSE is
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* returned, the error must be set to a non-%NULL value.
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*
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* <footnote><para>One exception to this is that in situations that are
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* already considered to be undefined behaviour (such as when a
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* g_return_val_if_fail() check fails), the error need not be set.
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* Instead of checking separately whether the error is set, callers
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* should ensure that they do not provoke undefined behaviour, then
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* assume that the error will be set on failure.</para></footnote>
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*
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* - A %NULL return value is also frequently used to mean that an error
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* occurred. You should make clear in your documentation whether %NULL
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* is a valid return value in non-error cases; if %NULL is a valid value,
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