+1 plain old return error codes and the related modern status codes are the way to go. Lots of people say this is more work. I would your comment does a good job explaining why that work is immensely useful.
plain old return error codes and the related modern status codes are the way to go
Why yes I just love to get a "Error one of the billion files this application tried to load wasn't available ErrorCode: ERR_MISSING_FILE_FUCK_WHO_KNOWS_WHICH". What I like about exceptions is that they make information that can't be encoded in a 32 bit integer value available to top level error handlers.
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+1 plain old return error codes and the related modern status codes are the way to go. Lots of people say this is more work. I would your comment does a good job explaining why that work is immensely useful.
Why yes I just love to get a "Error one of the billion files this application tried to load wasn't available ErrorCode: ERR_MISSING_FILE_FUCK_WHO_KNOWS_WHICH". What I like about exceptions is that they make information that can't be encoded in a 32 bit integer value available to top level error handlers.