I explained here that I consider having to check many return values to be a smell: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34217251 https://news.ycombinator.com/it

I explained here that I consider having to check many return values to be a smell: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34217251 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34217251 And from my own experience, no I don't have to check a lot of return values.