Why does Try-Catch require curly braces

Question

Just curious: Why is the syntax for try catch in C# (Java also?) hard coded for multiple statements? Why doesn\'t the language allow:

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Answer 1

try // 1
try // 2
  something();
catch { // A
}
catch { // B
}
catch { // C
}

does B catches try 1 or 2?

I don't think you can resolve this unambiguously, since the snippet might mean:

try // 1
{
    try // 2
        something();
    catch { // A
    }
}
catch { // B
}
catch { // C
}


try // 1
{
    try // 2
        something();
    catch { // A
    }
    catch { // B
    }
}
catch { // C
}