>Universal and complete error handling
>        Handling every error is ultimately the right thing to
>    do But sometimes it interferes with the pace of development
>            Which can lead to forgetting the algorithm
>    you're working on

>            +My compromise: write your algorithm (sized so
>    that it fits your screen)
>                  +than go back and ask yourself what happens if this
> step fails for every line.
>                  + A side effect is that it helps (me) to optimize
> code size, and makes clear
>                  + every side aspect of that so clever looking code
> (which most of the
>                  + is not so clever at all in its first iterations).

>        Minimizing the tradeoff:
>            Make comment every time you omit error
>    handling, come back later to put it in Make a few error
>    handling functions to make error handling trivial

>                + Compilers often offer macros like gcc's  _FILE_,
> _FUNCTION_,  _LINE_ that
>                + make it easier to detect where  that error message
> came from.

>                 In C, use assert() and come back later to change it
> to real error handling.