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Better is subjective, but I prefer errors as return values because then the function signature states whether an error has to be handled or not. Exceptions can

Better is subjective, but I prefer errors as return values because then the function signature states whether an error has to be handled or not. Exceptions can be forgotten about, but returned errors have to be explicitly ignored.

gf000 2y ago
That's an independent problem - checked exceptions (and the even better effect types) are part of the method signature.
- emseetech 2y ago
  Checked exceptions feels six of one half dozen of the other to me.