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[SirVer <SirVer@xxxxxx>]

I hate exceptions. For everything. They add a  second control flow - but it is invisible. Your functions can return a value - or they might throw an exception. The first thing is visible in its signature, the second is not. At the call site you cannot tell which exceptions might come your way. 

> Am 29.01.2018 um 13:20 schrieb GunChleoc <fios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> I guess the reason for disallowing Exceptions is to make sure that nobody starts programming by exception - I have no issues with Exceptions as long as they are used sensibly, i.e. for error handling rather than for code path decisions.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding_by_exception
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