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TL;DR

Go beyond basic Zig error handling — define custom error sets, use errdefer for cleanup, merge error sets, and switch on specific errors for recovery.

Key concepts

  • zig error handling patterns
  • zig error sets
  • zig errdefer
  • zig custom errors
  • zig error composition

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