You don't have to use exceptions in C++. Google doesn't, for example. Errors are reported with StatusOr<> like so: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/

You don't have to use exceptions in C++. Google doesn't, for example. Errors are reported with StatusOr<> like so: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/master/src/google/protobuf/stubs/statusor.h https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/master/src/...