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		dan00 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Banned C++ features in Chromium Looking at code, it‘s easier to spot the missing check for an error code, than a not catched exceptions. Also error codes are part of the signature of a function, which exceptions aren‘t.

drysine 3 months ago [–]

If you need to wrap each call in try/catch, it's better to use return codes in some form or rethink the approach.

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