Gotcha Exception in Dispose method masking other errors in Using blocks

Consider the following block of code.

try
{
    using (var disposable = new MyDisposable())
    {
        throw new Exception("Couldn't perform operation.");
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}

class MyDisposable : IDisposable
{
    public void Dispose()
    {
        throw new Exception("Couldn't dispose successfully.");
    }
}

You may expect to see “Couldn’t perform operation” printed to the Console but you would actually see “Couldn’t dispose successfully.” as the Dispose method is still called even after the first exception is thrown.

It is worth being aware of this subtlety as it may be masking the real error that prevented the object from being disposed and make it harder to debug.