throwvariant
throwvariant is a term that sometimes appears in discussions related to programming languages, particularly those with a strong emphasis on error handling or functional programming paradigms. It generally refers to a mechanism or data structure designed to represent a value that can either be a successful result or an error. This concept is closely related to algebraic data types, specifically the sum type often implemented as a "Result" or "Either" type in many languages.
The primary purpose of a throwvariant is to distinguish between normal execution flow and exceptional circumstances
Programmers can then explicitly check the returned throwvariant to determine whether to proceed with the result