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		amelius on Feb 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Some notes on Rust Why aren't exceptions used here? Is this because the behavior is sort of "exceptional" but not so exceptional that the (supposedly inefficient) exception-mechanism is warranted? In that case, I think the compiler should handle this case still. Using profiling, it could determine which exceptions are really exceptions and which ones are not.

steveklabnik on Feb 2, 2015 [–]

Rust doesn't have exceptions.

amelius on Feb 2, 2015 | [–]

Interesting. This is certainly new for me :)

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