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"You can't handle all of them and you don't know which you'll get" is a great summary of the first two problems, and, this same problem also applies to Python. I'll add that these only start becoming an issue when you start adding more exceptions to your codebase, especially if those exceptions start appearing deep in a callstack and seemingly unrelated code starts needing to be aware of them/handle them.

The third problem (RAISI) is a C++ specific problem that Python doesn't have. Partly because in Python try/catch doesn't introduce a new scope and also partly because Python tends not to need a lot of RAII because of the nature of interpreted languages.

I found this video a fascinating take on comparing C++ to Python if you haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZxtaccqyWA

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