Style question: returning error values from functions

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Hi Dar,

I did a quick search of the list archive, and there is very little discussion of the use of Try and Throw.  I suspect quite a few of us on the list might benefit from becoming more comfortable in using Try and Throw.

Bernard

> Are people comfortable with throw?
>
> The value of functions is that you can use them in expressions.  If  
> you have to check after each use, then you lose the benefit.  That  
> makes #2 (throw) with perhaps #4 (data checking beforehand) more  
> interesting.