Lessons from open-source: try..catch(_)?
This lesson is picked from Next.js source code. In this article, you will learn that you can use an underscore “_” to intentionally ignore error in your catch block.
Reasons why you want to ignore error parameter in your catch block:
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There’s no further processing required when an error is encountered.
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Implement a fallback that does not rely on error.
Where else is catch(_) used in Next.js source code?
This search result shows that catch(_) is used in quote some places across the nextjs source code.
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Conclusion:
May be it is a common convention to use ‘_’ to ignore parameters but this was not my style. Now I know what to do, should I choose to skip declaring a parameter in a function. I simply write catch(_)