refactor: perform consistent error handling

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Author: kgryte

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/base/dger/lib/dger.native.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 // MODULES //
 
+var isLayout = require( '@stdlib/blas/base/assert/is-layout' );
 var resolve = require( '@stdlib/blas/base/layout-resolve-enum' );
 var format = require( '@stdlib/string/format' );
 var addon = require( './../src/addon.node' );
@@ -59,11 +60,22 @@ var addon = require( './../src/addon.node' );
 * // A => <Float64Array>[ 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 ]
 */
 function dger( order, M, N, alpha, x, strideX, y, strideY, A, LDA ) {
-	var ord = resolve( order );
-	if ( ord === null ) {
+	if ( !isLayout( order ) ) {
 		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must be a valid order. Value: `%s`.', order ) );
 	}
-	addon( ord, M, N, alpha, x, strideX, y, strideY, A, LDA );
+	if ( M < 0 ) {
+		throw new RangeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be a nonnegative integer. Value: `%d`.', M ) );
+	}
+	if ( N < 0 ) {
+		throw new RangeError( format( 'invalid argument. Third argument must be a nonnegative integer. Value: `%d`.', N ) );
+	}
+	if ( strideX === 0 ) {
+		throw new RangeError( format( 'invalid argument. Sixth argument must be non-zero. Value: `%d`.', strideX ) );
+	}
+	if ( strideY === 0 ) {
+		throw new RangeError( format( 'invalid argument. Eighth argument must be non-zero. Value: `%d`.', strideY ) );
+	}
+	addon( resolve( order ), M, N, alpha, x, strideX, y, strideY, A, LDA );
 	return A;
 }