洪民憙 (Hong Minhee): @thisismissem There's actually an issue in the TypeScript repo proposing exactly this! Many developers agree that typed errors would be a huge improvement. The current “try/catch any” approach feels like a gap in TS's otherwise strong type system.

Emelia 👸🏻 @thisismissem@hachyderm.io

3/21/2025, 6:42:06 AM

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@hongminhee洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) yeah, so I want this in typescript. The lack of types for errors thrown in typescript is it's biggest oversight imo.

洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) @hongminhee@hackers.pub

3/21/2025, 8:32:37 AM

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@thisismissemEmelia 👸🏻 There's actually an issue in the TypeScript repo proposing exactly this! Many developers agree that typed errors would be a huge improvement. The current “try/catch any” approach feels like a gap in TS's otherwise strong type system.

Suggestion: `throws` clause and typed catch clause · Issue #13219 · microsoft/TypeScript

The typescript type system is helpful in most cases, but it can’t be utilized when handling exceptions. For example: function fn(num: number): void { if (num === 0) { throw "error: can't deal with ...

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