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Why I Prefer Exceptions to Error Values (cedardb.com)

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[–] qaz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I find it quite difficult to properly define the differences between the two.

The handling is enforced by one while the other may be unknown to the person who calls the function. I think that's a pretty clear difference.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

But that's what I mentioned regarding Java there. Java calls them "exceptions", but generally forces the caller to either handle them or explicitly bubble them upwards...