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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the most elegant codebases in yo... by kaba0 on Sunday June 18, 2023 @05:35AM (#36378657)
That’s the not too comfortable part. But with a tiny bit of syntax sugar (say, a ! or ? that expands to a mini-try-catch block) it would be more than fine.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the most elegant codebases in yo... by The_Colonel on Monday June 19, 2023 @03:04AM (#36388138)
Yes, I would be fine with a shorthand syntax like that. But it's not available which makes checked exceptions more trouble than worth.
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