I have an object where I do 'special' cleanup in case of exception
my code is somewhat like that:

void Method()
{
    try
    {
        Something();
    }
    catch
    {
        SpecialCleanup();
        throw;
    }
    finally
    {
        NormalCleanUp();
    }
}

my problem is that when an exception is thrown VS break into the catch
clause and I have no idea what causes the exception.

I also tried
catch(Exception ex)
{
    SpecialCleanup();
    throw ex;
}

but the ex.StackTrace is reinitialized and I have no idea of the problem!
any tips on how to to be able to debug that?

for now I wrote:
#if !DEBUG
    catch
    {
        SpecialCleanup();
        throw;
    }
#endif

but I would like to catch meaningful stack trace at runtime as well....

have you tried catch(Exception ex) and then just "throw" (no ex)?

No, I haven't!
I'll try that tomorrow, thanks!

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