Niall Douglas wrote:

On 06/11/2021 19:00, Emil Dotchevski via Boost wrote:

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On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 11:34 AM Emil Dotchevski wrote:

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Should we add a formal category for error handling libraries in

https://www.boost.org/development/library_metadata.html?

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To clarify, Boost currently offers the following:

- Boost Exception - Outcome - LEAF - boost::system::result

I actually would have said it's all of Boost.System, not Boost.System's result. Code such as `if(ec) ...` for example.

Also instead of error handling can we call the category "failure handling" please? The difference is that errors are often expected and handled locally, whereas failures implies some process of unwinding.

"Error handling" is a much more well known phrase. I've never heard anyone talk of "failure handling", neither am I sure that its definition is necessarily what you suggest.