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Where to start the try block and what's the overhead???

Hello,

this is something I've been asking myself for sometime ... and now I'd like
to clarify this point.
When should the try block start in a method??? What I mean is, does having
all the code instead of a smaller set of it inside a try clause add any
overhead???
What I'd like to understand is if, to be completely sure that no unhandles
exception will get to the user, I can place all the code inside a try block
and if this practice adds unnecessary overhead (memory usage, more cpu
cycles, etc.) or if having a smaller set of instructions instead of all the
code under a try has the EXACT SAME effect on resources (overhead).
Bob Rock
Jul 21 '05 #1
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Throwing and catching exceptions is the 'costly' thing. Just trapping them
in try/catch doesn't have any discernable effect.

In general though, you should only try/catch one or a few lines of code so
you can respond to something specific and do something to correct it.

HTH,

Bill
www.devbuzz.com
www.knowdotnet.com

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Hello,

this is something I've been asking myself for sometime ... and now I'd like to clarify this point.
When should the try block start in a method??? What I mean is, does having
all the code instead of a smaller set of it inside a try clause add any
overhead???
What I'd like to understand is if, to be completely sure that no unhandles
exception will get to the user, I can place all the code inside a try block and if this practice adds unnecessary overhead (memory usage, more cpu
cycles, etc.) or if having a smaller set of instructions instead of all the code under a try has the EXACT SAME effect on resources (overhead).
Bob Rock

Jul 21 '05 #2
Hi Bob,

In addition to Bill, I agree as he says, once when I told the same someone
said.

I start all my procedures wit a Try and end it with a catch End Try. Just
because I send them to clients and when there is an error they can report
the error I have set in the catch block.

I had no reply on that answer.

Cor
Jul 21 '05 #3

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