Chapter 7, ???Operator Overloading,??? details how you may provide custom functionality for
the built-in operators of the VB 2008 language when applied to your own defined types. You??™ll
see how to overload operators responsibly, since not all managed languages that compile code
for the CLR are able to use overloaded operators.
Chapter 8, ???Exception Handling,??? shows you the exception-handling capabilities of the
VB 2008 language and the CLR. Creating exception-safe and exception-neutral code is tricky
in VB 2008, and you??™ll see that creating fault-tolerant, exception-safe code doesn??™t require the
use of Try, Catch, or Finally constructs at all. We also describe some of the capabilities within
the .NET runtime that allow you to create more fault-tolerant code.
Chapter 9, ???Working with Strings,??? describes how strings are a first-class type in the CLR
and how to use them effectively in VB 2008. A large portion of the chapter covers the stringformatting
capabilities of various types in the .NET Framework and how to make your defined
types behave similarly by implementing IFormattable. Additionally, we introduce you to the
globalization capabilities of the framework and show you how to create custom CultureInfo
instances for cultures and regions that the .
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