Re: try catch question

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From: Marc Rohloff TeamB
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:23

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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 09:16:33 -0500, Colonel Tony wrote:

> This code will fail because it wont be able to find the mywriter.close()
>   try     { StreamWriter mywriter new StreamWriter("pathtofile"); }
>    catch   {}
>    finally { mywriter.Close(); }

It is also incorrect.

If the 'new' fails then there is nothing to close.
Also the mywriter object will be invalid so calling mywriter.close
will generate a second (null reference) exception which will hide the
real exception.

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Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
marc rohloff at myrealbox dot com

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