Is there a reason why the decode/encode functions and such throw Errors ?

Seems like an error (Non-recoverable) is a bit harsh, why isn't the Exception class used ?

Kind regards,

Danny Arends
http://www.dannyarends.nl

On Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 08:35:15 UTC, Danny Arends wrote:
> Is there a reason why the decode/encode functions and such throw Errors ?
>
> Seems like an error (Non-recoverable) is a bit harsh, why isn't the Exception class used ?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Danny Arends
> http://www.dannyarends.nl

Some people on the IRC channel said it might be a bug:

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11338

Gr,
Danny Arends

On Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 09:46:52 UTC, Danny Arends wrote:
>
> Some people on the IRC channel said it might be a bug:
>
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11338
>
> Gr,
> Danny Arends

And a pull request: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/1659

Gr,
Danny Arends
http://www.dannyarends.nl