Block Structured Exception Handling

Primary definition

A concept relating to software transparency. The "ability to associate exception handlers with blocks of logic, and implicitly, the presence of the exception concept in the programming language. (This simply means try/throw/catch or equivalent statements, and should not be confused with the specific implementation known as Structured Exception Handling." VVSG.

Also known asblock-structured exception handling (BSEH) · block-structured exception handling (try/throw/catch) · block-structured exception handling (try-catch) · block-structured exception handling (exception handling blocks) · block-structured exception handling (structured exception handling, not to be confused with Microsoft's SEH) · BSEH
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A concept relating to software transparency. The "ability to associate exception handlers with blocks of logic, and implicitly, the presence of the exception concept in the programming language. (This simply means try/throw/catch or equivalent statements, and should not be confused with the specific implementation known as Structured Exception Handling." VVSG.

Electronic Voting Glossary · 2024

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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Block Structured Exception Handling. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/block-structured-exception-handling

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