diff --git a/examples/simple_compression.c b/examples/simple_compression.c
index 71a40c271..adff81e85 100644
--- a/examples/simple_compression.c
+++ b/examples/simple_compression.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <zstd.h>      // presumes zstd library is installed
 
 
-static off_t fsize_X(const char *filename)
+static off_t fsize_orDie(const char *filename)
 {
     struct stat st;
     if (stat(filename, &st) == 0) return st.st_size;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static off_t fsize_X(const char *filename)
     exit(1);
 }
 
-static FILE* fopen_X(const char *filename, const char *instruction)
+static FILE* fopen_orDie(const char *filename, const char *instruction)
 {
     FILE* const inFile = fopen(filename, instruction);
     if (inFile) return inFile;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static FILE* fopen_X(const char *filename, const char *instruction)
     exit(2);
 }
 
-static void* malloc_X(size_t size)
+static void* malloc_orDie(size_t size)
 {
     void* const buff = malloc(size);
     if (buff) return buff;
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ static void* malloc_X(size_t size)
     exit(3);
 }
 
-static void* loadFile_X(const char* fileName, size_t* size)
+static void* loadFile_orDie(const char* fileName, size_t* size)
 {
-    off_t const buffSize = fsize_X(fileName);
-    FILE* const inFile = fopen_X(fileName, "rb");
-    void* const buffer = malloc_X(buffSize);
+    off_t const buffSize = fsize_orDie(fileName);
+    FILE* const inFile = fopen_orDie(fileName, "rb");
+    void* const buffer = malloc_orDie(buffSize);
     size_t const readSize = fread(buffer, 1, buffSize, inFile);
     if (readSize != (size_t)buffSize) {
         fprintf(stderr, "fread: %s : %s \n", fileName, strerror(errno));
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ static void* loadFile_X(const char* fileName, size_t* size)
 }
 
 
-static void saveFile_X(const char* fileName, const void* buff, size_t buffSize)
+static void saveFile_orDie(const char* fileName, const void* buff, size_t buffSize)
 {
-    FILE* const oFile = fopen_X(fileName, "wb");
+    FILE* const oFile = fopen_orDie(fileName, "wb");
     size_t const wSize = fwrite(buff, 1, buffSize, oFile);
     if (wSize != (size_t)buffSize) {
         fprintf(stderr, "fwrite: %s : %s \n", fileName, strerror(errno));
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ static void saveFile_X(const char* fileName, const void* buff, size_t buffSize)
 }
 
 
-static void compress(const char* fname, const char* oname)
+static void compress_orDie(const char* fname, const char* oname)
 {
     size_t fSize;
-    void* const fBuff = loadFile_X(fname, &fSize);
+    void* const fBuff = loadFile_orDie(fname, &fSize);
     size_t const cBuffSize = ZSTD_compressBound(fSize);
-    void* const cBuff = malloc_X(cBuffSize);
+    void* const cBuff = malloc_orDie(cBuffSize);
 
     size_t const cSize = ZSTD_compress(cBuff, cBuffSize, fBuff, fSize, 1);
     if (ZSTD_isError(cSize)) {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static void compress(const char* fname, const char* oname)
         exit(7);
     }
 
-    saveFile_X(oname, cBuff, cSize);
+    saveFile_orDie(oname, cBuff, cSize);
 
     /* success */
     printf("%25s : %6u -> %7u - %s \n", fname, (unsigned)fSize, (unsigned)cSize, oname);
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ static void compress(const char* fname, const char* oname)
 }
 
 
-static const char* createOutFilename(const char* filename)
+static const char* createOutFilename_orDie(const char* filename)
 {
     size_t const inL = strlen(filename);
     size_t const outL = inL + 5;
-    void* outSpace = malloc_X(outL);
+    void* outSpace = malloc_orDie(outL);
     memset(outSpace, 0, outL);
     strcat(outSpace, filename);
     strcat(outSpace, ".zst");
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    const char* const outFilename = createOutFilename(inFilename);
-    compress(inFilename, outFilename);
+    const char* const outFilename = createOutFilename_orDie(inFilename);
+    compress_orDie(inFilename, outFilename);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 6df2b1a0b..2b5565817 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ INCLUDEDIR=$(PREFIX)/include
 
 CPPFLAGS= -I. -I./common -DXXH_NAMESPACE=ZSTD_
 CFLAGS ?= -O3
-CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wshadow -Wstrict-aliasing=1 -Wswitch-enum -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wstrict-prototypes -Wundef
+CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wshadow -Wstrict-aliasing=1 \
+          -Wswitch-enum -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wstrict-prototypes -Wundef
 FLAGS   = $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MOREFLAGS)