Exceptions are often a better way to handle errors than returning them as values. We argue that traditional exceptions provide better user and developer experience, and show that they even result in faster execution.
They both have their place.
I just recently discovered a bug in lemmy bot I wrote where the lemmy API module will raise an Exception if login fails (response status code != 200), which feels extremely out of place, as the error/status code do matter in that case.
Other times exceptions make more sense as Phillip pointed out.
It’s easier faster to ask for forgiveness than permission after all.
They both have their place. I just recently discovered a bug in lemmy bot I wrote where the lemmy API module will raise an Exception if login fails (response status code != 200), which feels extremely out of place, as the error/status code do matter in that case.
Other times exceptions make more sense as Phillip pointed out. It’s
easierfaster to ask for forgiveness than permission after all.Why would it be 200? Imo it should be either 400 or 401.
I think with http request failures losing the status code can be a real pain. There’s a big difference between 400, 401, 404 and 500 for instance.