C#: Virtual Function invocation is even faster than a delegate invocation?

Question

It just happens to me about one code design question. Say, I have one \"template\" method that invokes some functions that may \"alter\". A intuitive design is to follow \"Templ

Answer 1

virtual overrides have some sort of redirection table or something which is hardcoded and fully optimized at compile time. It's set in stone, very fast.

Delegates are dynamic which will always have an overhead and they seem to be objects too so that adds up.

You shouldn't worry about these small performance differences (unless developing performance critical software for the military), for most purposes good code structure wins over optimization.