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It is a bad practice to `+throw+` something that's not derived at some level from `+Error+`. If you can't find an existing `+Error+` type that suitably conveys what you need to convey, then you should extend `+Error+` to create one.
2020-06-30 12:48:39 +02:00
Specifically, part of the point of throwing \`+Error+`s is to communicate about the conditions of the error, but literals have far less ability to communicate meaningfully than \`+Error+`s because they don't include stacktraces.
2020-06-30 12:48:39 +02:00
== Noncompliant Code Example
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throw 404; // Noncompliant
throw "Invalid negative index."; // Noncompliant
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== Compliant Solution
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throw new Error("Status: " + 404);
throw new Error("Invalid negative index.");{code}
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