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.
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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.
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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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