Error Handling in Rust: A Comprehensive Guide

Rust’s error handling model is designed to be explicit, safe, and efficient. This guide explores recoverable and unrecoverable errors, how to use Result and Option, and best practices for error propagation using the ? operator. Learn how to define custom error types with thiserror, simplify error handling with anyhow, and enhance debugging with color-eyre. Discover industry best practices to write robust and maintainable Rust applications.

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Error Handling in Rust: A Comprehensive Guide

Rust’s error handling model is designed to be explicit, safe, and efficient. This guide explores recoverable and unrecoverable errors, how to use Result and Option, and best practices for error propagation using the ? operator. Learn how to define custom error types with thiserror, simplify error handling with anyhow, and enhance debugging with color-eyre. Discover industry best practices to write robust and maintainable Rust applications.