first-chance exception (English, noun)
expansion: first-chance exception (plural first-chance exceptions)
Senses:
topics: computing
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glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: first-chance exceptions
tags: plural