Exactly. Plus, code that uses exceptions but does not encounter any throws should be faster than code that uses error checks. In the latter, there's always a co

Exactly. Plus, code that uses exceptions but does not encounter any throws should be faster than code that uses error checks. In the latter, there's always a cost even if there aren't any errors returned. However, the former can optimize for the (hopefully more common path) of no exceptions being thrown and avoid checks altogether.