first-chance exceptions

A form of first-chance exception — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of first-chance exception
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