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I Don't Use Exceptions in C++ Anymore (thelig.ht)
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[–] Fal@yiffit.net 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I fully support Result types, but you're probably better off using rust at that point

[–] porgamrer@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

I get your point, but in this case it's not that we are pining for our favourite features from other languages, it's that even C++20 doesn't support any sensible style of error handling.

It just says "here are exceptions but also don't actually use them lol".

I'm paid to work on a vast C++ codebase which I am free to modernise but not to port. But when it comes to error handling there's not really anything to modernise to, so it's just this hige maintenance burden I can't fix.

[–] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

...arguably you're better off using Rust anyway, if you have a choice.