first-chance exception
first-chance exception noun: an exception (error condition) when handled by a debugger, such that the programmer has the first chance to study it; such an exception would otherwise proceed to a handler or (in its absence) crash the program.
Noun
first-chance exception (plural first-chance exceptions)
- An exception (error condition) when handled by a debugger, such that the programmer has the first chance to study it; such an exception would otherwise proceed to a handler or (in its absence) crash the program.
- At this stage, the exception is considered a first-chance exception. Checking the checkbox in the Thrown column forces the debugger to intervene...2006, Jay Hilyard, Stephen Teilhet, C# Cookbook
- Here getting Early Crash Dump when a first-chance exception happens can help in component identification before corruption starts spreading across data.2008, Dmitry Vostokov, Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 1
Forms of first-chance exception
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Questions about first-chance exception
- What does first-chance exception mean?
- First-chance exception means an exception (error condition) when handled by a debugger, such that the programmer has the first chance to study it; such an exception would otherwise proceed to a handler or (in its absence) crash the program.
- What part of speech is first-chance exception?
- First-chance exception is a noun.
- What is the plural of first-chance exception?
- The plural of first-chance exception is first-chance exceptions.
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