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

Part of the reason they are not in the same scope is because at any point of the try block, you can have thrown the exception. If they were in the same scope, its a disaster in waiting, because depending on where the exception was thrown, it could be even more ambiguous.

At least when its declared outside of the try block, you know for sure what the variable at minimum could be when an exception is thrown; The value of the variable before the try block.