Re: Are we missing (void) when return value of fsm_set_and_search is ignored? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 04.06.21 06:28, Julien Rouhaud wrote:
> Yes, but we have a lot a examples of functions without pg_nodiscard and callers
> still explicitly ignoring the results, like fsm_vacuum_page() in the same file.
> It would be more consistent and make the code slightly more self explanatory.

I'm not clear how you'd make a guideline out of this, other than, "it's 
also done elsewhere".

In this case I'd actually split the function in two, one that returns 
void and one that always returns a value to be consumed.  This 
overloading is a bit confusing.