Now Ignore This Appendix

The Elixir source code for the mix utility contains no exception handlers. The Elixir compiler itself contains a total of five (but it is doing some pretty funky things).

If you find yourself defining new exceptions, ask if you should be isolating the code in a separate process instead. After all, if it can go wrong, wouldn’t you want to isolate it?

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