C# try...catch scope

If you do this

XDocument xdocument;
try {
  xdocument = XDocument.Load(args[1]);
} catch (Exception e) {
  MessageBox.Show("All kinds of fucked up shit happened - " + e.ToString());
  Environment.Exit(-3);
}
xdocument.DoStuff();

you'll get a 'use of unassigned variable' error for the xdocument.DoStuff() line.

What C# actually means is that xdocument might be unassigned at that point in the code, cos we didn't assign it on the first line of the example.

Solution is to replace the first line with:

XDocument xdocument = null;

As this page told me.