return as value instead of throwing

[sakgoyal]

Would it be possible to add an option to return the error as a value instead of throwing?
I would rather have a "success" check instead of having a try catch.
eg:

//do this
const qsOptions = {..., safe : true}
let match = qs.qsStrict(qsOptions, qsDefintion, "...");
if (!match.success) { ... }

// instead of this:
try {
	let match = qs.qsStrict(qsOptions, qsDefintion, "...");
} catch (error) {
	//...
}

try catch makes everything more complex and simply handling a error value is much easier.

it would just be a new parameter in the options type and instead of always throwing, you just check what the safe option is set to.

Doing this would also follow the same conventions of zod.

[nfroidure]

Edited
@sakgoyal ok, I see what you mean, you'd like to have an Option type instead of throwing. Why not!

[sakgoyal]

Awesome!
The problem is mostly handling try catch when you have db connections and need to safely exit.

Edit:
For reference, I was talking about how zod has parse() and safeParse()