github · aschackmull · Jun 23, 2026 · Jun 23, 2026
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ protected override void PopulateStatement(TextWriter trapFile)
             {
                 var type = Type.Create(Context, Context.GetType(Stmt.Declaration!.Type));
                 trapFile.catch_type(this, type.TypeRef, true);
-                TypeMention.Create(Context, Stmt.Declaration!.Type, this, type);
+                Expression.Create(Context, Stmt.Declaration!.Type, this, 0);
             }
             else // A catch clause of the form 'catch { ... }'
             {

@@ -995,6 +995,23 @@ class SpecificCatchClause extends CatchClause {
   /** Gets the local variable declaration of this catch clause, if any. */
   LocalVariableDeclExpr getVariableDeclExpr() { result.getParent() = this }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the type access of this catch clause, if it has no variable declaration.
+   *
+   * For example, the type access in
+   *
+   * ```csharp
+   * try { ... }
+   * catch (IOException) { ... }
+   * ```
+   *
+   * is `IOException`.
+   */
+  TypeAccess getTypeAccess() {
+    not exists(this.getVariableDeclExpr()) and
+    result = this.getChild(0)
+  }
+
   override string toString() { result = "catch (...) {...}" }
 
   override string getAPrimaryQlClass() { result = "SpecificCatchClause" }

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ module Ast implements AstSig<Location> {
   private AstNode getStmtChild0(Stmt s, int i) {
     not s instanceof FixedStmt and
     not s instanceof UsingBlockStmt and
+    not skipControlFlow(result) and
     result = s.getChild(i)
     or
     s =

@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ csharp6.cs:
 #   32|                   0: [IntLiteral] 2
 #   32|                 0: [IntLiteral] 1
 #   34|         1: [SpecificCatchClause] catch (...) {...}
-#   34|           0: [TypeMention] IndexOutOfRangeException
+#   34|           0: [TypeAccess] access to type IndexOutOfRangeException
+#   34|             0: [TypeMention] IndexOutOfRangeException
 #   35|           1: [BlockStmt] {...}
 #   34|           2: [EQExpr] ... == ...
 #   34|             0: [PropertyCall] access to property Value