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by cannikin 3774 days ago
Yeah, what kind of strong typing is going to keep you from NOT calling a function?
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astrange 3774 days ago
The research into this is usually called "effect systems", I think. You can use it to prove that ugly old APIs like OpenGL are being used properly in your code.

As far as the real world goes, all you get is -Wunused.

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jmfayard 3774 days ago
Adding annotation @CheckResult on android.widget.Toast#makeText(android.content.Context, java.lang.CharSequence, int)
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