The emotion behind this evokes some fellow feeling but I don't find much logic in it. Exceptions are always a flow of control mechanism. Exceptions usually are fatal. Exceptions should be used to clarify flow of control. And if you must do something, distaste is not a reason to do it badly.

Exceptions are all about passing control to unknown code.

The type or value of an exception should rarely be needed by the handler; that is the start of a brittle, tangled mess. I use the type to carry meaning without being locked into a representation (for those rare occasions). I use the object to carry a bunch of diagnostic data.

I use exceptions like a more robust and efficient version of the LIBNAME_STATUS variables common to old C libraries. Rarely is there any fine discrimination by the handler, usually just FAILURE vs. SUCCESS.

Be well,
rir