[m-users.] When is nondeterminism appropriate?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Sonntag, den 14.02.2021, 15:32 -0500 schrieb Philip White:
> :- type result ---> ok(T) ; error(string).
> 
> "functions that can fail" (either because of user error or something
> else) seems like the perfect time to use semidet, but if I
> want to have good error messages, then semidet will not help me, and I
> might as well try to make my function deterministic.

This might be a good opportunity for using exceptions.

Bye
Volker
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