# \`fail\` keyword

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/fail-keyword/22637>\
**Category:** language design\
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/fail-keyword/22637 "2025-03-24T20:17:55Z")\
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i'm mostly repeating what i've seen argued before, after much looking I may have found something relevant to bikeshedding what name to use:

> [@Syntax for returning early with an error](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/syntax-for-returning-early-with-an-error/14181/1):
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> `throw` and `raise` are associated with exceptions, which Rust doesn't have, so these names are suboptimal. `fail` has the disadvantage that it implies an error, but the keyword should work for any type that implements `Try`, so the type that is returning early isn't necessarily an error. I'm not sure what `yeet` is supposed to mean, I guess it's a made up word.

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