Looking back on it now I think our revulsion to simply using "throws Exception" ought to be re-examined. In practice, while it's nice to know exactly what kind

Looking back on it now I think our revulsion to simply using "throws Exception" ought to be re-examined. In practice, while it's nice to know exactly what kinds of exceptions are being thrown it could be the emphasis on this actually holds us back. What's more important is whether an Exception could be thrown at all versus none.