Re: Casting printf(3) to void

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
Message-ID <20260222220516.y6n3qofi6roxpgnp@illithid>
[self-follow-up to clarify]

At 2026-02-22T15:32:07-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Now that you cite the specific commit, I see what you're talking
> about.

To be fair, you did cite the specific commit in your OP, but did not
offer a very focussed critique.

>> I've been updating code to remove those casts, because they don't do
>> much good.  It's essentially just noise.

Thinking only of {f,}printf() cases, I leapt into battle, and promptly
forgot about the commit you mentioned.

It seems we're closer to agreement on return-value discard of
s*printf()-family functions.

But possibly remain as far apart as ever regarding {f,}printf().

Regards,
Branden
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