Commit a3db32d2 authored by Rob Pike's avatar Rob Pike

Language FAQ: editing tweaks after iant.

R=iant
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/874043
parent 956926ee
......@@ -282,14 +282,14 @@ This remains an open issue.
<h3 id="exceptions">
Why does Go not have exceptions?</h3>
<p>
We believe that coupling the usual idea of exceptions to a control
We believe that coupling exceptions to a control
structure, as in the <code>try-catch-finally</code> idiom, results in
convoluted code. It also tends to encourage programmers to label
too many ordinary errors, such as failing to open a file, as
exceptional. And then the type system gets mixed in.
exceptional.
</p>
<p>
Go takes a different approach. Instead of exceptions, it has couple
Go takes a different approach. Instead of exceptions, it has a couple
of built-in functions to signal and recover from truly exceptional
conditions. The recovery mechanism is executed only as part of a
function's state being torn down after an error, which is sufficient
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