I'm not sure I understand your comment either. If I understand correctly, you 
say that the problem I describe is applicable only to polymorphic types (which 
is true). However, you then say that the only option today is polymorphic error 
types. Isn't that an issue? (Also, why is it the only option today?)

> Le 18 déc. 2015 à 11:58:44, David Owens II <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> 
>> On Dec 18, 2015, at 7:03 AM, Félix Cloutier <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> For this reason, I don't like to encourage throwing polymorphic types, and I 
>> think that it's a misconception to pretend that having a single type in the 
>> throws annotation ensures that the function throws a single type. In my 
>> opinion, the fact that it's currently possible but awkward to use 
>> polymorphic types as errors is exactly as much support as the feature should 
>> receive.
> 
> I don’t follow this. Declaring a type that is an enum or a struct absolutely 
> guarantees that the function only returns a single type. If the type is a 
> class-based error, then sure, there’s not guarantee.
> 
> However, the only option today is polymorphic error types. 
> 
> -David
> 

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