After experimenting with an iterator block I noticed the generated IL code is not what I expect it to be. Instead of a try-finally block a try-fault block is generated, which I have never seen. I noticed that the compiler doesn't allow me use the fault keyword in 'handwritten' C#.

Is there any difference between the 2?

C# code:

static IEnumerable<string> ReadAllLines(string fileName)
{
    using (var file = System.IO.File.OpenText(fileName))
    {
        string s;
        while ((s = file.ReadLine()) != null)
        {
            yield return s;
        }
    }
}

MSIL Code:

.method private hidebysig newslot virtual final instance bool MoveNext() cil managed
{
    .override [mscorlib]System.Collections.IEnumerator::MoveNext
    .maxstack 3
    .locals init (
        [0] bool CS$1$0000,
        [1] int32 CS$4$0001,
        [2] string CS$0$0002,
        [3] bool CS$4$0003)
    L_0000: ldarg.0 

    // try body

    L_008d: leave.s L_0097
    L_008f: ldarg.0 
    L_0090: call instance void ConsoleApplication2.Program/<ReadAllLines>d__0::System.IDisposable.Dispose()
    L_0095: nop 
    L_0096: endfinally 
    L_0097: nop 
    L_0098: ldloc.0 
    L_0099: ret 
    .try L_0000 to L_008f fault handler L_008f to L_0097
}

The interesting line is the last line of the IL where a fault handler is specified, where in a normal try-finally block a finally handler is specified.

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