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The Missing Piece in Rust Error Handling (mcmah309.github.io)
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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 3 points 3 days ago

Maybe a default branch in the handler could do, though

This is exactly what it's for. #[non_exhaustive] forces you to add a default branch when matching on the error. It's already used a lot, so without a way to do that, it becomes less useful in library code.