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What are the key performance traps in C# that senior engineers should avoid?

Expert C#
Quick Answer Key C# performance traps: excessive allocations in hot paths, boxing value types, unintended lambda closures capturing references, LINQ chains that re-enumerate, lock contention on shared state, sync-over-async (blocking async code with .Result), and using exceptions for normal control flow.

Answer

  • Excess allocations
  • Boxing
  • Hidden lambda captures
  • LINQ in hot paths
  • Unnecessary locks
  • Sync-over-async
  • Exceptions for flow control
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