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Why I Prefer Exceptions to Error Values (cedardb.com)
submitted 2 months ago by AlexKochetkova@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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[โ€“] BatmanAoD@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's also a massive tradeoff for when the error condition actually occurs. If an exception does get thrown and caught, that is comparatively slowwww.

[โ€“] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

The author pointed out how exceptions are often faster than checking every value. If your functions throws an error often enough that Exception handling noticeably slow down your program, surely you got to take a second look at what you're doing.