Question

Somehow today when I input:

try {} catch {}

I get this:

try 
{       
}
catch (global::System.Exception ex)
{
}

But it should be just:

try 
{       
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}

What happens? How I can back to Exception?

Answer 1

The following progam results in global::System.Exception if you place the cursor between the braces for the Main method and type try and press [TAB] twice, i.e. triggering the code snippet for a try/catch.

Therefore – do you have a class called Exception defined somewhere in your project / referenced assemblies, or do you define a top-level namespace System? One of these, or a combination could cause this. Also note that the code sample lists no using statements so that could be a contributing factor.

namespace ExceptioWuh
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

        }
    }

    namespace System
    {
        class Exception : global::System.Exception
        {
        }
    }
}

Not having the custom type called Exception present results in the catch being catch (System.Exception) so I think it’s quite a specific scenario that causes this.