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I Don't Use Exceptions in C++ Anymore (thelig.ht)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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Using exceptions in C++ desktop and server applications overall made sense to me. As I expanded my usage of C++ into other domains, specifically embedded domains, I began to experience more compelling reasons not to use exceptions first-hand...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, if you create result types without monads, you get go.

I would say it's completely essential, but you can do with some limited implementation of them.

[–] qwertyasdef 3 points 1 year ago

I guess it depends on what you mean by using monads, but you can have a monadic result type without introducing a concrete monad abstraction that it implements.