Ignoring return values in C

Question

Lately, I started using lint for static code analysis. One of the warning I get sometimes is regarding this issue. Let\'s say for instance that I\'ve got the following funct

Answer 1

gnulib has this: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/tree/lib/ignore-value.h

/* Normally casting an expression to void discards its value, but GCC
   versions 3.4 and newer have __attribute__ ((__warn_unused_result__))
   which may cause unwanted diagnostics in that case.  Use __typeof__
   and __extension__ to work around the problem, if the workaround is
   known to be needed.  */
#if 3 < __GNUC__ + (4 <= __GNUC_MINOR__)
# define ignore_value(x) \
    (__extension__ ({ __typeof__ (x) __x = (x); (void) __x; }))
#else
# define ignore_value(x) ((void) (x))
#endif