An epic treatise on error models for systems programming languages (typesanitizer.com)

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Target audience: Practitioners interested in programming language design and familiar with representations of errors in at least a few different languages such as error codes, checked/unchecked exceptions, tagged unions, polymorphic variants etc.

Estimated reading time: 60 to 90 mins.

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[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Quoting the conclusion:

The fundamental nature of errors is that they are often multi-faceted, and complex to reason about by virtue of being multi-faceted. The wide variety of socio-technical contexts that software is created, delivered and used in add further complexity.

The linked The Error Model article is very exhaustive and good.

They end with more concrete experience/findings/conclusions - given the context of a more concrete project and scope and goals.

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