Is it wrong to throw something other than an Error in javascript?

Asked Sep 29 '15 at 15:53

Active Sep 29 '15 at 15:53

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In exceptional circumstances in javascript code, you can break out of the current control flow by throwing, e.g.:

throw new Error('Something unexpected occurred.');

What's the point of instantiating an Error, when you can also just throw a String:

throw 'Something unexpected occurred.';

asked Sep 29 '15 at 15:53

Armand

its up to you what you do. – Daniel A. White Sep 29 '15 at 15:55
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oh thanks, I didn't know that. @DanielA.White – baao Sep 29 '15 at 15:56
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This question is not a duplicate, it's specifically about throwing strings. – callum Sep 29 '15 at 16:01
The question is not a duplicate, but still should be closed. New close reason would be "primarily opinion based" – Joshua Sep 29 '15 at 18:16
The difference between throwing a string and an error is covered in [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/13016600/1529630) of the dupe. – Oriol Sep 29 '15 at 22:13

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