Re: Undetected fatal errors from redirected print

[arnold]

I agree it sort of makes sense, but I want to avoid compiler possible
compiler problems.

Please push the fix to gawk-5.1-stable.

Thanks,

Arnold

"Andrew J. Schorr" <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 06:48:42AM -0700, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> > Ah, I didn't notice that efwrite needs it too.
> > 
> > I have a memory that some compilers don't like
> > 
> >     return void_function()
> > 
> > even from a function that returns void.  I also think it's kind of
> > a weird thing to do.
>
> I agree that it's weird, but it's sort of sensible, and worked OK for
> me in a test program.
>
> > I will try to fix efwrite.
>
> It's an easy fix (attached).
>
> Regards,
> Andy