Is it considered to be ok to not check the return code of close(2) in base?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <201801011755.w01HtOtD087353 at pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W. Gri
mes" writes:

>It further says that an assert() appeared in V6, and I bet that NDEBUG
>didnt exist at that time.

Well, I think you'll loose that bet, because the earliest copy of assert.h
which has been uncovered does have NDEBUG:

	https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/blob/Research-V7-Snapshot-Development/usr/include/assert.h

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