byval – Tarik Billa

Why is it not necessary to indicate ByVal/ByRef anymore?

September 29, 2023 by Tarik

It seems that this post covers your question: http://msmvps.com/blogs/carlosq/archive/2011/03/15/vs-2010-sp1-changing-quot-byval-quot-vb-net-code-editor-experience.aspx So no, there is no way to get the old behaviour. From now on ByVal is the default (what it was before) and it won’t get added automatically to the method parameters. In my opinion this is a good decision since it’s making VB.NET a bit … Read more

Which is faster? ByVal or ByRef?

August 10, 2023 by Tarik

Byval and ByRef arguments should be used based on requirements and knowledge of how they work not on speed. http://www.developer.com/net/vb/article.php/3669066 In response to a comment by Slough – Which consumes more resources at runtime? Parameters are passed on the stack. The stack is very fast, because its memory allocation is simply a pointer increment to … Read more