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by cmrdporcupine 2196 days ago
Yes, after a few years of Java we all end up there. Frankly it's a good argument for the Erlang "Let It Crash" philosophy.

https://verraes.net/2014/12/erlang-let-it-crash/

If IOException on a read is truly happening, and it isn't just a case of a missing file, there are serious issues that aren't going to be fixed with a catch-and-log, or be able to be handled further up the call stack.