Any error handling will make control flow explode into checks. Exceptions at least allow you to put the checks in the right place and not necessarily at the poi

Any error handling will make control flow explode into checks. Exceptions at least allow you to put the checks in the right place and not necessarily at the point where function is executed. In typical C code you get to propagate error check statements all the way everywhere or risk bugs. Or use central mechanism like errno and risk thread safety and overwrite while also not knowing about the source of the statement. In C++ you might have the same problem. Even std::optional (which defers the exception to actual value get) is not best as it loses the information on who made or set it...