> A very old programming principle says, "Never check for any failure you are not equipped to act on." It is sometimes used as a reminder to ensure you are alwa

> A very old programming principle says, "Never check for any failure you are not equipped to act on." It is sometimes used as a reminder to ensure you are always so equipped. This sounds like a great principle for allowing dangerous bugs to linger in a codebase for years... one can always act upon a failure by aborting.