Editing Comparison of C Sharp and Java (section)

==== Finally blocks ====
Java allows flow of control to leave the {{mono|finally}} block of a {{mono|try}} statement, regardless of the way it was entered. This can cause another control flow statement (such as {{mono|return}}) to be terminated mid-execution. For example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="java">
int foo() {
    try {
        return 0;
    } finally {
        return 1;
    }
}
</syntaxhighlight>

In the above code, the {{mono|return}} statement within the {{mono|try}} block causes control to leave it, and thus {{mono|finally}} block is executed before the actual return happens. However, the {{mono|finally}} block itself also performs a return. Thus, the original return that caused it to be entered is not executed, and the above method returns 1 rather than 0. Informally speaking, it ''tries'' to return 0 but ''finally'' returns 1.

C# does not allow any statements that allow control flow to leave the {{mono|finally}} block prematurely, except for {{mono|throw}}. In particular, {{mono|return}} is not allowed at all, {{mono|goto}} is not allowed if the target label is outside the {{mono|finally}} block, and {{mono|continue}} and {{mono|break}} are not allowed if the nearest enclosing loop is outside the {{mono|finally}} block.