Return magic value, throw exception or return false on failure?

I sometimes end up having to write a method or property for a class library for which it is not exceptional to have no real answer, but a failure. Something cannot be determined, is not available, not found, not currently possible or there is no more data available.

Generic way of handling exceptions in windows phone? [closed]

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Why are errors named as “Exception” but not as “Error” in programming languages?

I’ve been thinking about that for quite a while actually. I am not a native English speaker myself but still, I have years of programming experience and I always asked myself this. Why is it named as Exception but not Error since they are errors?

Is catching general exceptions really a bad thing?

I typically agree with most code analysis warnings, and I try to adhere to them. However, I’m having a harder time with this one:

Why are exceptions considered better than explicit error testing? [duplicate]

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Defensive Programming vs Exception Handling?
if/else statements or exceptions

Best method in PHP for the Error Handling ? Convert all PHP errors (warnings notices etc) to exceptions?

What is the best method in PHP for the Error Handling ?

What is the best way to go about testing that we handle failures appropriately?

we’re working on error handling in an application. We try to have fairly good automated test coverage. One big problem though is that we don’t really know of a way to test some of our error handling.

Where should I handle fatal exceptions

Suppose I have a controller that loads a file and hands it over to the processing.

Use an else after exception (or not)

Consider this bit of code:

Designing exceptions for conversion failures

Suppose there are some methods to convert from “X” to “Y” and vice versa; the conversion may fail in some cases, and exceptions are used to signal conversion errors in those cases.