Danil Chapovalov 098da17f35 Reland "Replace RTC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT with ABSL_MUST_USE_RESULT in c++ code"
This is a reland of 8c2250eddc7263036397179a0794b9b17d7afb38

Original change's description:
> Replace RTC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT with ABSL_MUST_USE_RESULT in c++ code
>
> Bug: webrtc:12336
> Change-Id: If76f00d0883b5c8a90d3ef5554f5e22384b3fb58
> Reviewed-on: https://webrtc-review.googlesource.com/c/src/+/197620
> Reviewed-by: Mirko Bonadei <mbonadei@webrtc.org>
> Reviewed-by: Christoffer Rodbro <crodbro@webrtc.org>
> Commit-Queue: Danil Chapovalov <danilchap@webrtc.org>
> Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#32978}

Bug: webrtc:12336
Change-Id: I1cd017d45c1578528dec4532345950e9823f4a63
Reviewed-on: https://webrtc-review.googlesource.com/c/src/+/201732
Reviewed-by: Mirko Bonadei <mbonadei@webrtc.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoffer Rodbro <crodbro@webrtc.org>
Commit-Queue: Danil Chapovalov <danilchap@webrtc.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#33003}
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How to write code in the api/ directory

Mostly, just follow the regular style guide, but:

  • Note that api/ code is not exempt from the “.h and .cc files come in pairs” rule, so if you declare something in api/path/to/foo.h, it should be defined in api/path/to/foo.cc.
  • Headers in api/ should, if possible, not #include headers outside api/. Its not always possible to avoid this, but be aware that it adds to a small mountain of technical debt that were trying to shrink.
  • .cc files in api/, on the other hand, are free to #include headers outside api/.

That is, the preferred way for api/ code to access non-api/ code is to call it from a .cc file, so that users of our API headers wont transitively #include non-public headers.

For headers in api/ that need to refer to non-public types, forward declarations are often a lesser evil than including non-public header files. The usual rules still apply, though.

.cc files in api/ should preferably be kept reasonably small. If a substantial implementation is needed, consider putting it with our non-public code, and just call it from the api/ .cc file.