Re: How much processor resources do try-catch blocks in C# use

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From: Marc Butenko (mbutenko_at_state.mt.us)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:12:05 -0600

You are right...if no exceptions are thrown, the differences are
imperceptible -- the only major overhead is incurred when the exception is
thrown... 

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Marc Butenko
mbutenko@bresnan.net
"David Alexander" <dalexander1@protocolmarketing.com> wrote in message
news:Od1CDudPEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I was discussing with someone how much processor resources try-catch
blocks
> use in C#. I would think that if no exceptions were thrown by a block of
> code in a try block, it would run as quickly as a block that wasn't inside
a
> try block.
>
> Even if using try-catch blocks do incur some extra resource use, I doubt
> that it is significant in an unthreaded application that handles large
data
> sets.
>
> Does anyone know for sure?
>
>

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