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Exceptions vs Result types, value-based classes and NoCopy.

<https://www.reddit.com/r/Kotlin/comments/hjoyxx/nocopy_compiler_plugin_for_kotlin/>

<https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/hj3yq8/nocopy_compiler_plugin_for_kotlin/>

Some interesting discussions were conducted here :)

we are having the same discussion at work and I don’t get it. we are not kids, and even to kids you can teach to use/do things with moderation and where it matters.

reflection can also be misused, and kotlin is making it quite convenient (granted, not as much as `copy`), but that is fine.

Am I having too much faith in developers doing the right thing?

I see your point, but given the number of times I made silly mistakes that took some time to find, I'd move any responsibilities I can to the compiler, it also helps me maintain and reason about the project, It's like trusting the compiler vs trusting the humans.

I agree about reflection, which's why I never touch it directly, or at least I didn't have to, yet.

As an example, I tend to stay away from Python as much as I can, because I don't trust myself around it and there's no compiler to tell me when I do something stupid.