Exception as the primary error handling mechanism?

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.300.1262323578.28905.python-list at python.org>,
Benjamin Kaplan  <benjamin.kaplan at case.edu> wrote:
>
>In Python, throwing exceptions for expected outcomes is considered
>very bad form [...]

Who says that?  I certainly don't.
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