Error handling strategies

[dee0xeed]

not shure, but probably this

Managing file reading, closing + buffer allocation and deallocation

Of course! So, the rule number one: if I just want to do some cleanup (close files/dirs, deallocate things and so on), I simply put defer right after each operation that needs cleanup given that I acquire a resource with try getSomeThing(). Did I get you right (regarding first part of the answer)?

may be helpful