Under C# how much of a performance hit is a try, throw and catch block

Question

First of all, a disclaimer: I have experience in other languages, but am still learning the subtleties of C#

On to the problem... I am looking at some code, which u

Answer 1

Try / Catch / Throw are slow - a better implementation would be to check the value before catching it, but if you absolutly can't continue, you are better off throwing and catching only when it counts. Checking and logging is more efficient otherwise.