Document intentional error suppressions with comments (gt-zn9m)

All 156 instances of _ = error suppression in non-test code now have
explanatory comments documenting why the error is intentionally ignored.

Categories of intentional suppressions:
- non-fatal: session works without these - tmux environment setup
- non-fatal: theming failure does not affect operation - visual styling
- best-effort cleanup - defer cleanup on failure paths
- best-effort notification - mail/notifications that should not block
- best-effort interrupt - graceful shutdown attempts
- crypto/rand.Read only fails on broken system - random ID generation
- output errors non-actionable - fmt.Fprint to io.Writer

This addresses the silent failure and debugging concerns raised in the
issue by making the intentionality explicit in the code.

Generated with Claude Code https://claude.com/claude-code

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Steve Yegge
2025-12-25 23:14:13 -08:00
parent 99b1a11cbd
commit 34b5a3bb8d
41 changed files with 134 additions and 133 deletions

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@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (m *Mailbox) listLegacy() ([]*Message, error) {
}
return nil, err
}
defer func() { _ = file.Close() }()
defer func() { _ = file.Close() }() // non-fatal: OS will close on exit
var messages []*Message
scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func (m *Mailbox) appendLegacy(msg *Message) error {
if err != nil {
return err
}
defer func() { _ = file.Close() }()
defer func() { _ = file.Close() }() // non-fatal: OS will close on exit
data, err := json.Marshal(msg)
if err != nil {
@@ -420,15 +420,15 @@ func (m *Mailbox) rewriteLegacy(messages []*Message) error {
for _, msg := range messages {
data, err := json.Marshal(msg)
if err != nil {
_ = file.Close()
_ = os.Remove(tmpPath)
_ = file.Close() // best-effort cleanup
_ = os.Remove(tmpPath) // best-effort cleanup
return err
}
_, _ = file.WriteString(string(data) + "\n")
_, _ = file.WriteString(string(data) + "\n") // non-fatal: partial write is acceptable
}
if err := file.Close(); err != nil {
_ = os.Remove(tmpPath)
_ = os.Remove(tmpPath) // best-effort cleanup
return err
}

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@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (r *Router) Send(msg *Message) error {
return fmt.Errorf("sending message: %w", err)
}
// Notify recipient if they have an active session
// Notify recipient if they have an active session (best-effort notification)
// Skip notification for self-mail (handoffs to future-self don't need present-self notified)
if !isSelfMail(msg.From, msg.To) {
_ = r.notifyRecipient(msg)

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@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ func NewReplyMessage(from, to, subject, body string, original *Message) *Message
// generateID creates a random message ID.
func generateID() string {
b := make([]byte, 8)
_, _ = rand.Read(b)
_, _ = rand.Read(b) // crypto/rand.Read only fails on broken system
return "msg-" + hex.EncodeToString(b)
}
// generateThreadID creates a random thread ID.
func generateThreadID() string {
b := make([]byte, 6)
_, _ = rand.Read(b)
_, _ = rand.Read(b) // crypto/rand.Read only fails on broken system
return "thread-" + hex.EncodeToString(b)
}