Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first-chance exception

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: first-chance ex-cep-tion
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"At this stage, the exception is considered a first-chance exception. Checking the checkbox in the Thrown column forces the debugger to intervene..."
"Here getting Early Crash Dump when a first-chance exception happens can help in component identification before corruption starts spreading across data."

Inflected Forms

first-chance exceptions (plural)

Questions

What does first-chance exception mean?: 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.

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