Polyglot CheatSheet - Exceptions

Last Updated: 2021-11-19

C++

C++ does have exceptions, however Google C++ Style Guide does not allow exceptions. (https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#Exceptions)

try {
  // ...
} catch(string &err) {
  // ...

No finally block.

Java

try {
  // ...
} catch(Exception e) {
  // ...
} finally {
  // ...
}

Throw:

throw new RuntimeException("Something is wrong.");

Rust

Rust does not allow throwing exceptions, instead Rust handles errors through its return type.

match safe_div(1.0, 0.0) {
    Ok(v) => { println!("{}", v); },
    Err(err) => { println!("{}", err); }
}

Python

Throw

raise ValueError('some error message')

Catch

try:
    code_that_may_raise_exception()
except ValueError as err:
    print(err.args)

Ruby

• begin/end
• rescue keyword
• ensure
• raise