23. Exceptions

Exceptions in C# provide a structured, uniform, and type-safe way of
handling both system level and
application-level error conditions. [Note: The exception mechanism is C# is
quite similar to that of C++,
with a few important differences:
? In C#, all exceptions must be represented by an instance of a class type
derived from
System.Exception. In C++, any value of any type can be used to represent an
exception.
? In C#, a finally block (§15.10) can be used to write termination code
that executes in both normal
execution and exceptional conditions. C++ has no equivalent construct.
? In C#, system-level exceptions such as overflow, divide-by-zero, and null
dereferences have well
defined exception classes and are on a par with application-level error
conditions.
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