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by stefanos82 1737 days ago
Exceptions can be avoided with the use of `noexcept` whenever we can do avoid them, especially in sensitive areas that we cannot risk exception throws.

> but I don't think GP deserved the downvotes for the speculation.

That's why I asked @squid_demon for a real example that possibly got bitten by it; else, it's simply an emotional reaction for favoring one tool over another.

If aria2 [1] that is implemented in C++ is extremely fast, then I can almost guarantee that transmission's refactoring in C++ will get there too, sooner or later.

[1] https://github.com/aria2/aria2