Exceptions vs error values in programming

Exceptions vs error values has been a debate in error handling for ages. Some people have firm stances on them. For example, in the book Clean Code, Uncle Bob recommends exceptions. In his post on Exceptions, Joel mentions that he prefers error values.

In this article we'll examine some of their similarities and differences. We'll also provide suggestions about when to use which.

This video is part of many error handling videos on this channel. It's a big topic with many videos covering it.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:43 Basic examples of exceptions
1:36 Basic examples of error values
2:36 Similarities between exceptions and error values
3:39 Differences between exceptions and error values
7:22 Exceptions and error values in some newer languages
11:26 Outro

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Artist: MARION
Title: High Hopes

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[JohnnyGintonic]

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[retropaganda]

6:37 wrong code! Assignment must be done before the try-catch-finally block. Constructor is responsible to clean up when it fails. You just can't rely on 'a' being assigned in your finally block. A good language and compiler will simply reject your code here.