I just remembered another tiny benefit of allowing this. Being a VCS-fascist, I really strive towards patches that are as readable as possible.
> * Makes the code slightly more readable, since the "exceptional" code-paths > are clearly separated > * Biases me as a programmer to think a little bit more of exactly what > exceptions can be raised in a function, improving my code-quality. > * When I'm about to write a try-clause, makes me think twice if the code > could not be extracted as a separate method instead (if I can only figure a > good name for it), also improving readability and code-structure. + * Patches adding exception-handling will not change indentation of a potentially very large method, making it slightly easier to read.
