The Weird and The Wonderful

Mark Wallace wrote:

If you're considering stopping reading your e-book

public string ReadFile(string filename)
{
     try
     {
          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
     }
     catch
     {
          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
     }
     finally
     {
          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
     }
}

try
{
   return 1;
}
catch
{
   return 2;
}
finally
{
   return 42;
}

Richard Deeming wrote:

If that's C#, it won't compile; you'll get a "Control cannot leave the body of a finally clause" compiler error.

try
{
    int junk = trycat();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("caught exception {0}", ex.Message);
    Console.ReadKey();
}

static int trycat()
{
    try
    {
        throw (new Exception("Throwing an exception in try block"));
    }
    catch
    {
        throw (new Exception("Throwing an exception in catch block"));
    }
    finally
    {
        throw (new Exception("Throwing an exception in finally block"));
    }
    return 1;
}

public string ReadFile(string filename)
{
  string contents = null;
  try
  {
    contents = File.ReadAllText(filename);
  }
  catch
  {
    contents = File.ReadAllText(filename);
  }
  finally
  {
    contents = File.ReadAllText(filename);
  }
  return contents;
}

public string ReadFile(string filename)
{
     try
     {
          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
     }
     catch
     {
          return ReadFile(filename);
     }
}

try
{
   // something
}
ifatfirstyoudontsucceed
{
    // try again
}
thirdtimelucky
{
    // and again
}
giveup // synonym for catch
{
    // error handling
}
finally
{
    // tidying up
}

Bernhard Hiller wrote:

three is the magic number