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Condition check or exception

Posted by Bryan E. Boone on 09 Jul 1998, 7:10 AM

So even if myObj != null 99.999% of the time, checking for
myObj == null is cheaper than setting up a try/catch block
for myObj?
I guess I could have run some performance tests for this one..

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