Try/catch block...

Thomas Daniels

The funniest of all, is that when I was programming that, that I didn't know why I got an error sometimes...

ProgramFOX

Mark_Wallace

Makes sense to me. If you're considering stopping reading your e-book and getting some work done, it deals with your crisis of conscience for you.

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Bernhard Hiller

I'd do it three times, because three is the magic number:

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

Richard Deeming

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

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

Bernhard Hiller

Yes, you are right. So let's remove the last "return" (but not the File.ReadAllText).

Thomas Daniels

Mark Wallace wrote:

If you're considering stopping reading your e-book

But... How can I stop reading my e-book if I'm not reading a e-book?

ProgramFOX

Brisingr Aerowing

You don't. You throw a IAmNotReadingAnEBookException!

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PIEBALDconsult

It lacks a while.

jasperp

I like it. Another opportunity to bill the client.

acomputerdog

That would compile on java, I think.

Richard Deeming

Really? :omg: Which value would expect to be returned here?

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

I think the C# compiler is doing the right thing. Either the return in the finally block is ignored, in which case it shouldn't be allowed, or it replaces any value returned from the try or catch blocks, which is just confusing.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

acomputerdog

Oh I wasn't saying it should be allowed, but I think it is.

Reese Currie

FTSOTR, that does compile in Java (with a little syntactic fix) and returns 42.

_Vitor Garcia_

Maybe the file was in use :laugh:

spencepk

Huh... why bother?

Thomas Daniels

When I was programming that, I thought: "It's in a catch block, then it can't throw an error!" X|

ProgramFOX

Gary R Wheeler

Sigh.

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;
}

Okay. Everybody happy now?

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RafagaX

Mmmm... you seem determined to read that file, is it important?

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Thomas Daniels

No. The reading of the file isn't important. That's a code from 2 years ago. Now, I know how I can read files!

ProgramFOX

bkebamc

You would be more likely to get that right if you added commentary: try { return 1; // Genesis } catch { return 22; // Joseph Heller ] finally { return 42; // Douglas Adams }