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   On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:32:56 -0700 (PDT), goran.pusic@gmail.com   
         wrote:   
   > int foo(const char* fname, ...)   
   > {   
   >    FILE* f = fopen(fname, ...);   
   >    if (!f) return EXIT_FAILURE;   
   >    if (!use(f), ...))   
   >    {   
   >      fclose(f); // This is "int fclose(...)"   
   >      return EXIT_FAILURE;   
   >   
   > fclose is declared as a can-fail operation, e.g. for the very reason   
   > you state in your file class example.   
   >   
   > So... How do you handle fclose failure? (Captain Obvious: current code   
   > does squat)   
      
   Hi   
      
   To me, the obvious thing to do is to read the man page, see what the   
   RETURN VALUES and the ERRORS are. In particular, if errno is EAGAIN or   
   EINTR, I would try to close the file again. Otherwise, what to do   
   depends on the error.   
      
   A+   
   Paul   
      
      
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