Hat ^ 运算符 vs Math.Pow()

Hat ^ operator vs Math.Pow()

仔细阅读了 ^ (hat) operator and the Math.Pow() 函数的 MSDN 文档,我没有发现明显的区别。有吗?

很明显,一个是函数,另一个被认为是运算符,例如这行不通:

Public Const x As Double = 3
Public Const y As Double = Math.Pow(2, x) ' Fails because of const-ness

但这将:

Public Const x As Double = 3
Public Const y As Double = 2^x

但是它们产生最终结果的方式有区别吗?例如,Math.Pow() 会做更多的安全检查吗?或者一个只是另一个的别名?

找出答案的一种方法是检查 IL。对于:

Dim x As Double = 3
Dim y As Double = Math.Pow(2, x)

IL 是:

IL_0000:  nop         
IL_0001:  ldc.r8      00 00 00 00 00 00 08 40 
IL_000A:  stloc.0     // x
IL_000B:  ldc.r8      00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 
IL_0014:  ldloc.0     // x
IL_0015:  call        System.Math.Pow
IL_001A:  stloc.1     // y

还有:

Dim x As Double = 3
Dim y As Double = 2 ^ x

IL 是:

IL_0000:  nop         
IL_0001:  ldc.r8      00 00 00 00 00 00 08 40 
IL_000A:  stloc.0     // x
IL_000B:  ldc.r8      00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 
IL_0014:  ldloc.0     // x
IL_0015:  call        System.Math.Pow
IL_001A:  stloc.1     // y

IE 编译器已将 ^ 转换为对 Math.Pow 的调用 - 它们在运行时是相同的。