Is there any performance benefit to using const
or readonly
fields compared to regular, modifiable fields, when only using private variables.
For example:
public class FooBaar
{
private string foo = "something";
private const string baar = "something more"
public void Baaz()
{
//access foo, access baar
}
}
In the above example you can see there are two fields: foo
and baar
. Both are unaccessible outside the the class, so how come many people prefer to use const
here, instead of just private
. Does the const
provide any performance benefit?
This question was previously closed by the community, because people misunderstood this question as "What is the difference between const
and readonly
in terms of performance?", which has been answered here: What is the difference between const and readonly?.
But what I actually mean is, "do I get any performance benefit by using const
or readonly
over not using any of them".
I wouldn't worry too much about the performance of these constructs until you encounter a critical piece of code that requires you to make such measurements. They're there to ensure correctness of code, not for performance reasons.