Checked vs unchecked exceptions

[Moritz Maxeiner via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 26 June 2017 at 17:44:15 UTC, Guillaume Boucher wrote:
> It is very well possible to use option B in D.  The most 
> convenient one is making functions nothrow and use 
> Algebraic!(T, ErrorCode), or, for void functions, have a 
> parameter "ref ErrorCode".
> If all functions in Phobos would either follow that pattern or 
> provide an alternative nothrow overload, I would consider that 
> problem solved.

I have tried using such Monads in D, but in the end it always 
ended up being too verbose or too hard to read compared to using 
exceptions or even simple error codes (with 0 == no error).