Show me code you've published that is used by real people in real systems that follows the philosophy you've espoused here. Otherwise I'm calling shenanigans.
You are unnecessarily combative in this thread. I don't know what about the GP it is that ticks you off but they're making a lot of sense to me and I don't see why you would be loudly demanding published code when you are having a conversation about an abstract device.
If you haven't read my blog on this topic, I suggest you do so before replying further: https://burntsushi.net/unwrap
It should very clearly state my position. And it provides the examples that I previously referenced.
The GP got a link to this blog in the previous HN thread. They dismissed it out-of-hand without engaging with it at all. And tossed in an ad hominem for good measure. So your issue with me specifically here seems completely inappropriate.
I've presented examples. They haven't. They haven't even bothered to engage with the examples I've provided. I want to read code they've written using this philosophy so that I can see what it looks like in real world usage. Otherwise, the only code I've seen that does something similar uses formal methods. So I simply do not believe that this is practical advice for most programming.
Insisting on examples and evidence to support an argument isn't combative. It's appropriate when extraordinary claims are being made.
If you've published code using this philosophy that is used by real people in real systems, then I would be happy to take a look at that as well. If it exists, I would bet it's in a niche of a niche.
I've had these arguments before about this very topic. Some people have taken me up on this request and actually provided examples. And in 100% of those cases, it turned out there was a mismatch between what they were saying and what the code was doing.
