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Andreas Kling b4d8e166d8 AK: Add a TRY(expression) macro to simplify the unwrap-or-return pattern
The way we use classes like Kernel::KResultOr<T> and AK::Result<T, E>
makes checking for errors (and short-circuiting returns) quite verbose.

This patch adds a new TRY(expression) macro that either evaluates to
the released result of the expression if successful, or returns the
error if not.

Before:

    auto foo_or_error = get_foo();
    if (foo_or_error.is_error())
        return foo_or_error.release_error();
    auto foo = foo_or_error.release_value();

After:

    auto foo = TRY(get_foo());

The macro uses a GNU C++ extension which is supported by GCC, Clang,
Intel C++, and possibly others. It's not *ideal*, but since it makes our
codebase considerably nicer, let's try(!) it out. :^)

Co-authored-by: Ali Mohammad Pur <mpfard@serenityos.org>
2021-09-05 14:08:12 +02:00