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0 pointskaba02y ago0 comments

From your repo: Respectfully, I disagree that checked exceptions are a misfeature. Java’s implementation definitely leaves a lot to be desired (inheritance doesn’t make sense for them), but otherwise checked exceptions are a better form of Result types.

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The_Colonel2y ago

Unchecked exceptions are the better version of Result type.

The problem with checked exceptions is that methods throwing them force its callers to react to the even if they are irrelevant to them. In 99% of cases I don't have any JSON specific error handling, yet Jackson forces me to do a try-catch-rethrow ceremony in thpse 99% to declare I don't want to do anything specific.

kaba0OP2y ago

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.

The_Colonel2y ago

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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The_Colonel2y ago

Unchecked exceptions are the better version of Result type.

kaba0OP2y ago

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.

The_Colonel2y ago

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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