Catching Node fs.existsSync errors

Question

Does it make practical value to put fs.existsSync inside try...catch?

Is it possible that it will cause an error? How can this happen and which error would it be?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm trying avoid nested try...catch if possible.

Answer 1

Looking at the (current) implementation, it doesn't make sense to wrap it with try...catch:

fs.existsSync = function(path) {
  try {
    handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
    nullCheck(path);
    binding.stat(pathModule._makeLong(path));
    return true;
  } catch (e) {
    return false;
  }
};