Re: ole32: Void functions should not return a value

[James Hawkins]

On 4/12/07, Brian Gerst  wrote:
> Andrew Talbot wrote:
> > Robert Shearman wrote:
> > > Andrew Talbot wrote:
> > > > diff -urN a/dlls/ole32/rpc.c b/dlls/ole32/rpc.c
> > > > --- a/dlls/ole32/rpc.c       2007-03-28 12:43:32.000000000 +0100
> > > > +++ b/dlls/ole32/rpc.c       2007-04-12 20:20:48.000000000 +0100
> > > > @@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@
> > > >      TRACE("ipid = %s, iMethod = %d\n", debugstr_guid(&ipid),
> > > >      msg->ProcNum);
> > > >  params = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof(*params));
> > > > - if (!params) return RpcRaiseException(E_OUTOFMEMORY);
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > if (!params) RpcRaiseException(E_OUTOFMEMORY);
> > > >
> > > > hr = ipid_get_dispatch_params(&ipid, &apt, &params->stub,
> > > > &params->chan,
> > > >                               &params->iid, &params->iface);
> > > >
> > > > @@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@
> > > >      {
> > > >          ERR("no apartment found for ipid %s\n", debugstr_guid(&ipid));
> > > >          HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, params);
> > > > -
> > > >    return RpcRaiseException(hr);
> > > > -
> > > >    RpcRaiseException(hr);
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > params->msg = (RPCOLEMESSAGE *)msg;
> > >
> > > You've changed the code paths here.
> >
> > Hi Rob,
> >
> > I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are you implying that I need return
> > statements after the RpcRaiseException() calls? Can one not just rely on
> > the fact that RpcRaiseException() does not return to the caller?
>
> You completely removed the return from the function at those two points,
> allowing it to fall through.

Read Andrew's last sentence.  Technically no return is needed, but it
can be added for aesthetics.