Swift Error Handling
Priority: P0
Implementation Guidelines
Throwing Functions
- •Propagate Errors: Use
throwsfor recoverable errors. - •Do-Catch: Handle errors close to source with specific catch blocks.
- •Error Types: Define custom errors as enums conforming to
Error.
Result Type
- •Async Alternatives: Use
Result<Success, Failure>for callback-based APIs. - •Transformations: Use
.map(),.flatMap()for functional composition. - •Conversion: Use
.get()to convertResultto throwing.
Never Type
- •Fatalisms: Use
Neverreturn type for functions that never return. - •Preconditions:
fatalError(),preconditionFailure()for programmer errors.
Anti-Patterns
- •Force Try:
**No try!**: Use try? or do-catch. - •Silent Failures:
**No try? without nil check**: Handle or log. - •String Errors:
**No Error(message)**: Use typed errors.