StatusOr returns a value on success and a Status on error.
future and promise futures (a holder that will receive a value asynchronously) and promises (the counterpart of a future, where values are stored asynchronously). They satisfy the API for std::future and std::promise, and add support for callbacks and cancellation.
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Error Handling for more details about how the libraries report run-time errors and how you can handle them.
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