Avoiding common mistakes in exception handling

Here are some common mistakes that developers make when handling exceptions in C#:

• Catching too many exceptions: Catching all exceptions using a catch block without specifying a specific exception type can lead to catching exceptions that should not be caught, such as ThreadAbortException or StackOverflowException exceptions. Catching only specific exceptions that are expected can prevent unnecessary exceptions from being caught. Here’s an example:

  try{    // Some code that may throw exceptions}catch (Exception ex){    // Handle all exceptions here}

  In this example, the catch block catches all exceptions, including exceptions that should not be caught, such as ThreadAbortException or StackOverflowException exceptions. Instead, catch only the specific exceptions that you expect to be thrown.

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