aaron.ballman added inline comments.

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Comment at: clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UnusedReturnValueCheck.cpp:98
+                                   "::access;"
+                                   "::bind;"
+                                   "::connect;"
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jranieri-grammatech wrote:
> alexfh wrote:
> > bind has a side effect and returns a success status. Thus, the result being 
> > unused isn't necessarily a bug. Same for `connect`. And probably for 
> > `setjmp` as well.
> In terms of bind, connect, and setjmp: while I personally would say that code 
> not using the return value is bugprone, the data suggests that the vast 
> majority of developers are using these functions in the intended manner and 
> the false-positive rate should be low.
I think we have sufficient statistical data to suggest that these APIs should 
be on the list because the majority of programmers *do not* use them solely for 
side effects without using the return value, so my preference is to keep them 
in the list.


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