Errors versus exceptions

Runtime faults can and do occur during the execution of a Dart program. We can split all faults into two types:

• Errors
• Exceptions

There is always some confusion on deciding when to use each kind of fault, but you will be given several general rules to make your life a bit easier. All your decisions will be based on the simple principle of recoverability. If your code generates a fault that can reasonably be recovered from, use exceptions. Conversely, if the code generates a fault that cannot be recovered from, or where continuing the execution would do more harm, use errors.

Let's take a look at each of them in detail.

Errors

An error occurs if your code has programming errors that should be fixed by the programmer. Let's take a look at the following main function:

main() {
  // Fixed length list
  List list = new List(5);
  // Fill list with values
  for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    list[i] = i;
  }
  print('Result is ${list}');
}

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