# Der Fehler
Der Fehler is a library to add support for "throwing functions" to Rust through
procedural macros. Functions marked with the `throws` attribute return
`Result`, but the "Ok" path is used by default and you don't need to wrap ok
return values in `Ok`. To throw errors, use `?` or the `throws` macro.
Der Fehler provides these items:
### The `#[throws]` attribute
The throws attribute modifies a function or method to make it return a
`Result`. It takes an optional typename as an argument to the attribute which
will be the error type of this function; if no typename is supplied, it uses
the default error type for this crate.
Within the function body, `return`s (including the implicit final return) are
automatically "Ok-wrapped." To raise errors, use `?` or the `throws!` macro.
For example, these two functions are equivalent:
```rust
#[throws(i32)]
fn foo(x: bool) -> i32 {
if x {
0
} else {
throw!(1);
}
}
fn bar(x: bool) -> Result<i32, i32> {
if x {
Ok(0)
} else {
Err(1)
}
}
```
### The `throw!` macro
`throw!` is a macro which is equivalent to the `Err($e)?` pattern. It takes an
error type and "throws" it.
One important aspect of the `throw!` macro is that it allows you to return
errors inside of functions marked with `throws`. You cannot just `return`
errors from these functions, you need to use this macro.
# TODO
* Make throws work on closures and async blocks (attributes are not allowed on
expressions on stable)
## License
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