CODING_STYLE: clarify that exit() is never OK to call

2026-09-07 14:14:35 +00:00 · 2015-04-02 12:17:41 +02:00
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@@ -226,3 +226,9 @@
  instead of just this:

      unlink("/foo/bar/baz");
+
+- Don't invoke exit(), ever. It is not replacement for proper error
+  handling. Please escalate errors up your call chain, and use normal
+  "return" to exit from the main function of a process. If you
+  fork()ed off a child process, please use _exit() instead of exit(),
+  so that the exit handlers are not run.