Code reviewMediumcr-g610

Subject Storage write errorLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Storage & CDN · Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this C++ function that appends an event to a journal.

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1void appendEvent(const std::string& path, const std::string& record) {2    std::ofstream out(path, std::ios::app | std::ios::binary);3    out << record << '\n';4    out.close();5    // event committed to the journal6    metrics.increment("journal.events.committed");7}

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