No, I agree, but there's a cost/benefit calculation to be done. Plus it's not like the try...catch solution that doesn't explicitly handle the error will blow u

No, I agree, but there's a cost/benefit calculation to be done. Plus it's not like the try...catch solution that doesn't explicitly handle the error will blow up and destroy everything; if the program is properly designed it should merely degrade onto the path of general handling, log the failure and halt whatever was being done.