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Paul Benedict commented on IO-249:
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If the method currently returns void, there shouldn't be a problem with
anyone's codebase once it returns a value. There wouldn't be compiled code
today that would have a problem with this change. You disagree, I presume?
> Enhance closeQuietly to indicate success
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> Key: IO-249
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-249
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Utilities
> Affects Versions: 2.0
> Reporter: Paul Benedict
> Assignee: Paul Benedict
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.x
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> A convention of some programmers is to emit a log warning when a resource
> fails to close. Granted, such a condition is an error, but there's no
> reasonable recourse to the failure. Using IOUtils.closeQuietly() is very
> useful but all information about the success/failure is hidden. Returning
> Throwable will give insight into the error for diagnostic purposes. This
> change will be compatible with today's usage since the method currently
> returns void.
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