Checked vs unchecked exceptions

[Sebastien Alaiwan via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 26 June 2017 at 16:35:51 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
> Just curious: how are checked exceptions different from setting 
> nothrow as the default? Like you would have to write:
>
> void foo() @maythrow
> {
>    functionWithException();
> }
>
> So for instance, you could still use your "//shut up compiler" 
> code with the nothrow default.

Checked exceptions allow a lot more precision about what types of 
exceptions a function can throw.