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Ray Blaak wrote:
> "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:
>> I generally agree with you, but there is one case where you need to do
>> specific exception handling: when you need to change one exception into
>> another.
> 
> Ok, it has to be said again: exceptions need to be first class objects.

Or, exceptions need to stay the way they are for the exceptional case of
something going wrong(!) but we need a mechanism for safely signaling
information up the call chain in a specially controlled fashion
(the algorithmic use of "exception objects").