[CS] There is no way of knowing if a correct xr_session has been created about stereokit HOT 2 CLOSED

Errors out of constructors are Exceptions 😅

Exceptions are only magic if you use them only once or twice and they come as a surprise. If you are using them throughout then they can be expected and people should code for it. As for error codes: This is what exception types are for.

If you want to avoid them at any cost, then I agree that having a separate StereoKitApp.Init() function would better mirror the C behavior:

        public StereoKitApp()
        {
                // This would be empty now? 
        }

        public Init(string name, Runtime runtime)
        {
            return sk_init(name, runtime);
        }

Then I would appreciate blocking any other functionality until the initialization is done, so some kind of public bool isInitialized for me to check.

What do you think?

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Something is definitely needed here! I remember writing that example and thinking, 'Huh, I can't check errors out of a constructor, can I?'. Then I moved on. There's definitely a lot of error checking I've deferred so far, it would be really nice to have a good logging system too.

I'm not a fan of catching exceptions, it falls into the realm of 'Magic! Where Did That Functionality Come From?' to me. So I generally try to avoid throwing them unless I actually intend to crash an application. I much prefer error codes!

So I think the core trouble here is that the constructor is doing a little too much work! I think my preference would be either a static StereoKitApp.Create() that can return null, or an instance member StereoKitApp.Initialize() that can return an error code. That and better logging :)

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