Check return codes everywhere
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Description
Would you like to add more error handling for return values from functions like the following?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the three linked call sites: player/configfiles.c, audio/out/ao_audiotrack.c, and video/hwdec.c. Review how return values are handled around write_redirect, init, and hwdec_devices_create, then determine the broader scope and failure behavior needed before considering the work complete.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100