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> start throwing C++ exceptions Well, don't. "Exception-based programming" is an anti-pattern. Exceptions should be thrown in, well, exceptional situations.

• monocasa 7y ago
  They were using it in another language's runtime. Idiomatic advice like that doesn't always transfer.
  • rumanator 7y ago
    Limiting exceptions to handle exceptional events is not idiomatic advice, it's stating their usecase,and the whole reason they exist.
    • monocasa 7y ago
      It is literally idiomatic advice. Like what's your definition for "idiomatic" and how doesn't that apply?