Possible bug: Wrong "Unreachable code detected" warning in loop with try/catch block

[Alex Broitman]

for (int attempt = 1; ; attempt++)
{
try
{
DoSomething();
return;
}
catch (Exception) when (attempt == 5)
{
throw;
}
}


For the above example I get "CS0162: Unreachable code detected" warning in the first line on "attempt++".

Is this a bug or I've missed something?

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