> I agree with you in theory, but in practice I think it doesn't matter > most of the time: most of the time people don't check the return > values of their print() calls, making the point of checking close() a > bit moot IMHO.
It is neither necessary nor sufficient to check the return value from print to detect an error in print. > Also, closing a valid read-only filedescriptor can't > even generate an error AFAIK. Certainly it can!! --tom
