Can the New ?= Operator Eliminate Try‑Catch in JavaScript?

An upcoming ECMAScript proposal introduces the safe assignment operator ?=, which returns a [error, result] tuple to streamline error handling, reduce try‑catch nesting, support custom Symbol.result, work with async/await, and can be polyfilled for older browsers.

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Can the New ?= Operator Eliminate Try‑Catch in JavaScript?