Why does the compiler not show an error when we try to divide a variable by zero

Question

If we try to run this code:

int d = 10/0;

We get a compiler error. So we cannot divide by zero.

Now consider this code:

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Answer 1

the c# compiler is only doing constants value arithmetic check, and there for can tell that you can't do 10/0. it's a lot more then you think for a compiler to do that.

even more then that: the c# compiler allows:

1.0 / 0 // Infinity

because:

Floating-point arithmetic overflow or division by zero never throws an exception, because floating-point types are based on IEEE 754 and so have provisions for representing infinity and NaN (Not a Number).