In article <foav6k$pfa$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
Walter Roberson <roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:

>> if (some_test_fails)
>> return (errno = ESOMETHING), (void *)NULL;

>No, if the return type of your function is a pointer then the
>return value will be converted to the appropriate type as if by
>assignment.

But the code is revolting anyway. I can see the temptation to
do something like

if(condition) a=1, b=2;

to avoid a block, but shoving an extra assignment into a return
statement is an unprovoked assault on readability.

-- Richard
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:wq