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They're not conflating. mgaunard says: > The alternative that the parent said was making all of your state be a union > with some kind of error, and making su
by ginsider_oaks 4y ago
They're not conflating.
mgaunard says:
> The alternative that the parent said was making all of your state be a union
> with some kind of error, and making sure all accesses handle the fact the
> variable might be in a erroneous state.
This is exactly what `Result` is in Rust. While I haven't used Rust, it seems
that panics are generally discouraged and only used as a last resort whereas
exceptions are more commonly used in C++ and Java.
- menaerus 4y agoYes, they are. They are basing their argument by comparing Rust Result against C++ exceptions in the context of general error handling whereas I pointed out that there are actually two classes of errors and both of which are addressed their own appropriate mechanisms in both Rust and C++. What parent comment tried to (wrongly) imply, and your comment as well, is that exceptions in C++ are (commonly) used as a control flow mechanism. And they are not.