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I have a hypothetical question about the efficiency consequences of using exception handling in situations where no exceptions are thrown. First take a look at this C#: int simpleSimon, cautiousCarol, dangerousDave; try { simpleSimon = int.Parse("fail"); } catch { simpleSimon = 1; } try { cautiousCarol = int.Parse("1"); } catch { cautiousCarol = 1; } dangerousDave = int.Parse("1"); I am confident that Dave's code will be the fastest/most efficient; while Simon will incur a large penalty for throwing an exception. But what about Carol? As she throws no exceptions does she incur a penalty? If so, then what kind and how large? (Performance penalty or extra memory usage or anything else?)
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