Smaug123 9 days ago

Depends on the application! There's a reason we have the concept of "failing closed" vs "failing open": sometimes (very often, in fact) it's correct to shut down under attack, rather than to open up under attack.

  • tptacek 9 days ago

    The subtext of that comment cuts against the argument you're trying to make here: a panic following a missed error check is always fail-closed, but exception recovery is not.