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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Set-StrictMode should cause errors to terminate execution.","articleBody":"# Set-StrictMode should cause errors to terminate execution.\r\n\r\nIn most languages with exceptions, an unhandled exception causes the program to terminate. However, Powershell defaults to continuing on when an unhandled exception occurs.\r\n\r\nAs a result, I think it is currently widely considered a best practice to begin all scripts with:\r\n\r\n```\r\n$ErrorActionPreference = \"Stop\"\r\nSet-StrictMode -Version 3.0\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Proposed change\r\n\r\nThis should be equivalent to the above:\r\n```\r\nSet-StrictMode -Version 4.0 \r\n```\r\n\r\nThere is also some discussion in https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell-RFC/pull/88 .\r\nI think that whatever the mechanism for causing non-zero exit codes to halt execution, that should also be included in StrictMode.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/lukeschlather","@type":"Person","name":"lukeschlather"},"datePublished":"2019-05-13T20:09:55.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":8},"url":"https://github.com/9591/PowerShell/issues/9591"}