Should we make some classes and methods sealed?

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MeteoricDragon
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Should we make some classes and methods sealed?

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I was told that making a class or method sealed in C# can offer a performance benefit. Should we make some sealed which aren't intended to be inherited from?

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Interkarma
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Re: Should we make some classes and methods sealed?

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The sealed feature is just to prevent other classes from inheriting, I don't believe it offers any tangible performance benefits.

I've heard this one before and I understand performance-wise it's no different to simply not declaring virtual methods if not required to be virtual. Heavy use of virtuals is where performance can be impacted, rather than whether a class can be inherited from or not. Otherwise it would be a rather bad language design as everything should be sealed by default.

I don't feel it's a valuable change, I'm sorry. :)

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