Your reluctance to use a crate which solves the issue you are facing is somewhat antithetical to Rust's crate-centric philosophy. After all, anyhow::Result does

Your reluctance to use a crate which solves the issue you are facing is somewhat antithetical to Rust's crate-centric philosophy. After all, anyhow::Result does "get your problem solved and ticket closed" just the way you want. That being said, in reality it's probably a pretty common sentiment among adopters, especially since the macro crates can slow down compilation. Thankfully, the ergonomics of error handling are indeed under consideration and work is underway to make it all better.