Rethrow an exception like in C++?

[Rob T]

On Friday, 8 March 2013 at 06:05:02 UTC, Maxim Fomin wrote:
>     catch (Exception e) {
>         if (typeid(e) == typeid(myException1))
>             throw e; // may be downcasted, if necessary
>                      // to work with specific fields
>     }


Isn't it better to check identity in this way?

if (typeid(e) is typeid(myException1))

--rt