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Yeah, I think it would be useful.  If you look at `Result` - the new equivalent of `Try` in 1.3, it defines both `map` and `mapCatching` and the docs say
 - `map`
```
* Note, that an exception thrown by [transform] function is rethrown by this function.
 * See [mapCatching] for an alternative that encapsulates exceptions.
```
 - `mapCatching`
```
* Any exception thrown by [transform] function is caught, encapsulated as a failure and returned by this function.
 * See [map] for an alternative that rethrows exceptions.
```