% Ergonomic error handling Error propagation with raw `Result`s can require tedious matching and repackaging. This tedium is largely alleviated by the `try!` macro, and can be completely removed (in some cases) by the "`Result`-`impl`" pattern. ### The `try!` macro Prefer ```rust use std::io::{File, Open, Write, IoError}; struct Info { name: String, age: int, rating: int } fn write_info(info: &Info) -> Result<(), IoError> { let mut file = File::open_mode(&Path::new("my_best_friends.txt"), Open, Write); // Early return on error try!(file.write_line(&format!("name: {}", info.name))); try!(file.write_line(&format!("age: {}", info.age))); try!(file.write_line(&format!("rating: {}", info.rating))); return Ok(()); } ``` over ```rust use std::io::{File, Open, Write, IoError}; struct Info { name: String, age: int, rating: int } fn write_info(info: &Info) -> Result<(), IoError> { let mut file = File::open_mode(&Path::new("my_best_friends.txt"), Open, Write); // Early return on error match file.write_line(&format!("name: {}", info.name)) { Ok(_) => (), Err(e) => return Err(e) } match file.write_line(&format!("age: {}", info.age)) { Ok(_) => (), Err(e) => return Err(e) } return file.write_line(&format!("rating: {}", info.rating)); } ``` See [the `result` module documentation](http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/master/std/result/index.html#the-try!-macro) for more details. ### The `Result`-`impl` pattern [FIXME] > **[FIXME]** Document the way that the `io` module uses trait impls > on `IoResult` to painlessly propagate errors.