Why aren't variables declared in “try” in scope in “catch” or “finally”?

Question

In C# and in Java (and possibly other languages as well), variables declared in a \"try\" block are not in scope in the corresponding \"catch\" or \"finally\" blocks. For e

Answer 1

You solution is exactly what you should do. You can't be sure that your declaration was even reached in the try block, which would result in another exception in the catch block.

It simply must work as separate scopes.

try
    dim i as integer = 10 / 0 ''// Throw an exception
    dim s as string = "hi"
catch (e)
    console.writeln(s) ''// Would throw another exception, if this was allowed to compile
end try