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Cannot yield in the body of a finally clause

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CodeRush Classic shows the Cannot yield in the body of a finally clause code issue if the yield keyword is located within the body of a finally clause.

#Fix

Move the yield statement out of the finally clause body.

#Purpose

Highlights the yield statements, which would cause the Cannot yield a value in the body of a finally clause compilation error.

#Example

public IEnumerable GetFileTexts(string files)
{
    string[] fileNames = files.Split(',');
    string text;
    foreach (string fName in fileNames)
    {
        try
        {
            text = File.ReadAllText(fName);
        }
        finally
        {yield return text;
        }
    }
}

Fix:

public IEnumerable GetFileTexts(string files)
{
    string[] fileNames = files.Split(',');
    string text;
    foreach (string fName in fileNames)
    {
        try
        {
            text = File.ReadAllText(fName);
        }
        finally
        {
        }
        yield return text;
    }
}