> This is a good idea,  please send your patches with the fixes.

I suggest to avoid ignorance of return values a bit more.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/252

Are you interested to apply aspect-oriented software development?
How do you think about to encapsulate error detection and corresponding
exception handling as a reusable aspect in your software?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_%28computer_programming%29

Regards,
Markus