我经常遇到这样的情况:我想在声明查询的地方对查询进行求值。这通常是因为我需要对它进行多次迭代,计算成本很高。例如:

string raw = "...";
var lines = (from l in raw.Split('\n')
             let ll = l.Trim()
             where !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ll)
             select ll).ToList();

这很好。但是如果我不打算修改结果,那么我也可以调用ToArray()而不是ToList()。

然而,我想知道ToArray()是否通过首先调用ToList()来实现,因此内存效率比只调用ToList()低。

我疯了吗?我是否应该调用ToArray() -在知道内存不会被分配两次的情况下安全可靠?


当前回答

除非您只是需要一个数组来满足其他约束,否则您应该使用ToList。在大多数情况下,ToArray会比ToList分配更多的内存。

两者都使用数组进行存储,但是ToList有一个更灵活的约束。它需要数组至少与集合中的元素数量一样大。如果数组更大,这不是问题。但是ToArray需要数组的大小精确到元素的数量。

为了满足这个约束,ToArray通常比ToList多做一次分配。一旦它有了一个足够大的数组,它就会分配一个完全正确大小的数组,并将元素复制回该数组中。唯一可以避免这种情况的情况是当数组的增长算法恰好与需要存储的元素数量一致时(绝对是少数)。

EDIT

有几个人问我在List<T>值中有额外的未使用内存的后果。

这是一个合理的担忧。如果创建的集合寿命很长,在创建后从未被修改过,并且有很高的机会落在Gen2堆中,那么您可能会更好地预先分配额外的ToArray。

总的来说,我发现这种情况比较罕见。更常见的情况是,大量ToArray调用被立即传递给其他短期内存使用,在这种情况下,ToList显然更好。

这里的关键是分析,分析,再分析更多。

其他回答

一种选择是添加自己的扩展方法,该方法返回一个只读的ICollection<T>。当您既不想使用数组/列表的索引属性,也不想从列表中添加/删除时,这可能比使用ToList或ToArray更好。

public static class EnumerableExtension
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Causes immediate evaluation of the linq but only if required.
    /// As it returns a readonly ICollection, is better than using ToList or ToArray
    /// when you do not want to use the indexing properties of an IList, or add to the collection.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
    /// <param name="enumerable"></param>
    /// <returns>Readonly collection</returns>
    public static ICollection<T> Evaluate<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumerable)
    {
        //if it's already a readonly collection, use it
        var collection = enumerable as ICollection<T>;
        if ((collection != null) && collection.IsReadOnly)
        {
            return collection;
        }
        //or make a new collection
        return enumerable.ToList().AsReadOnly();
    }
}

单元测试:

[TestClass]
public sealed class EvaluateLinqTests
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void EvalTest()
    {
        var list = new List<int> {1, 2, 3};
        var linqResult = list.Select(i => i);
        var linqResultEvaluated = list.Select(i => i).Evaluate();
        list.Clear();
        Assert.AreEqual(0, linqResult.Count());
        //even though we have cleared the underlying list, the evaluated list does not change
        Assert.AreEqual(3, linqResultEvaluated.Count());
    }

    [TestMethod]
    public void DoesNotSaveCreatingListWhenHasListTest()
    {
        var list = new List<int> {1, 2, 3};
        var linqResultEvaluated = list.Evaluate();
        //list is not readonly, so we expect a new list
        Assert.AreNotSame(list, linqResultEvaluated);
    }

    [TestMethod]
    public void SavesCreatingListWhenHasReadonlyListTest()
    {
        var list = new List<int> {1, 2, 3}.AsReadOnly();
        var linqResultEvaluated = list.Evaluate();
        //list is readonly, so we don't expect a new list
        Assert.AreSame(list, linqResultEvaluated);
    }

    [TestMethod]
    public void SavesCreatingListWhenHasArrayTest()
    {
        var list = new[] {1, 2, 3};
        var linqResultEvaluated = list.Evaluate();
        //arrays are readonly (wrt ICollection<T> interface), so we don't expect a new object
        Assert.AreSame(list, linqResultEvaluated);
    }

    [TestMethod]
    [ExpectedException(typeof (NotSupportedException))]
    public void CantAddToResultTest()
    {
        var list = new List<int> {1, 2, 3};
        var linqResultEvaluated = list.Evaluate();
        Assert.AreNotSame(list, linqResultEvaluated);
        linqResultEvaluated.Add(4);
    }

    [TestMethod]
    [ExpectedException(typeof (NotSupportedException))]
    public void CantRemoveFromResultTest()
    {
        var list = new List<int> {1, 2, 3};
        var linqResultEvaluated = list.Evaluate();
        Assert.AreNotSame(list, linqResultEvaluated);
        linqResultEvaluated.Remove(1);
    }
}

我同意@mquander的观点,性能差异应该是微不足道的。但是,我想对它进行基准测试,所以我这样做了——结果是微不足道的。

Testing with List<T> source:
ToArray time: 1934 ms (0.01934 ms/call), memory used: 4021 bytes/array
ToList  time: 1902 ms (0.01902 ms/call), memory used: 4045 bytes/List

Testing with array source:
ToArray time: 1957 ms (0.01957 ms/call), memory used: 4021 bytes/array
ToList  time: 2022 ms (0.02022 ms/call), memory used: 4045 bytes/List

每个源数组/列表有1000个元素。所以你可以看到时间和记忆的差异都可以忽略不计。

我的结论是:您还可以使用ToList(),因为List<T>提供了比数组更多的功能,除非几个字节的内存确实对您很重要。

(七年后……)

其他几个(好的)答案集中在将会发生的微观性能差异上。

这篇文章只是一个补充,以提及由数组(T[])产生的IEnumerator<T>与由List<T>返回的IEnumerator之间存在的语义差异。

最好用例子来说明:

IList<int> source = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).ToArray();  // try changing to .ToList()

foreach (var x in source)
{
  if (x == 5)
    source[8] *= 100;
  Console.WriteLine(x);
}

上面的代码将毫无例外地运行,并产生输出:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
900
10

这表明int[]返回的IEnumarator<int>并不跟踪自枚举器创建以来数组是否被修改过。

Note that I declared the local variable source as an IList<int>. In that way I make sure the C# compiler does not optimze the foreach statement into something which is equivalent to a for (var idx = 0; idx < source.Length; idx++) { /* ... */ } loop. This is something the C# compiler might do if I use var source = ...; instead. In my current version of the .NET framework the actual enumerator used here is a non-public reference-type System.SZArrayHelper+SZGenericArrayEnumerator`1[System.Int32] but of course this is an implementation detail.

现在,如果我将.ToArray()改为.ToList(),我只得到:

1
2
3
4
5

其次是一个系统。InvalidOperationException爆炸说:

修改集合;枚举操作可能无法执行。

在这种情况下,底层枚举器是公共可变值类型System. collections . generic . list ' 1+ enumerator [System. collections . generic . list]。Int32](在这种情况下,在IEnumerator<int>框内,因为我使用IList<int>)。

综上所述,List<T>生成的枚举数跟踪列表在枚举过程中是否发生变化,而T[]生成的枚举数则没有。因此,在. tolist()和. toarray()之间进行选择时,请考虑此差异。

人们经常添加一个额外的. toarray()或. tolist()来绕过一个在枚举器的生命周期内跟踪它是否被修改的集合。

(如果有人想知道List<>如何跟踪集合是否被修改,这个类中有一个私有字段_version,每当List<>被更新时,它都会被更改。实际上可以通过简单地删除索引器public T this[int index]的set访问器中增加_version的行来改变List<>的这种行为,就像最近在Dictionary<,>中所做的那样,如另一个答案所述。)

老问题,但总是有新的提问者。

根据来源的System.Linq。可枚举,ToList只返回一个新的List(source),而ToArray使用一个新的Buffer<T>(source).ToArray()返回一个T[]。

关于内存分配:

当运行在IEnumerable<T> only对象上时,ToArray确实比ToList多分配一次内存。但是在大多数情况下您不必关心它,因为GC将在需要时进行垃圾收集。

关于运行时效率:

那些质疑这个问题的人可以在自己的机器上运行下面的代码,然后就会得到答案。

class PersonC
{
    public Guid uuid;
    public string name;
    public int age;
    public bool sex;
    public DateTime BirthDay;
    public double weight;
}

struct PersonS
{
    public Guid uuid;
    public string name;
    public int age;
    public bool sex;
    public DateTime BirthDay;
    public double weight;
}

class PersonT<T> : IEnumerable<T>
{
    private List<T> items;
    public PersonT(IEnumerable<T> init)
    {
        items = new List<T>(init);
    }

    public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() => items.GetEnumerator();
    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() => items.GetEnumerator();
}

private IEnumerable<PersonC> C(int count)
{
    for (var i = 0; i < count; ++i)
    {
        var guid = Guid.NewGuid();
        var guidBytes = guid.ToByteArray(); //16 bytes
        yield return new PersonC
        {
            uuid = guid,
            name = guid.ToString(),
            age = guidBytes[0] ^ guidBytes[7],
            sex = guidBytes[14] % 2 == 0,
            BirthDay = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-guidBytes[11] * 18),
            weight = guidBytes[12] * 100
        };
    }
}

private IEnumerable<PersonS> S(int count)
{
    for (var i = 0; i < count; ++i)
    {
        var guid = Guid.NewGuid();
        var guidBytes = guid.ToByteArray(); //16 bytes
        yield return new PersonS
        {
            uuid = guid,
            name = guid.ToString(),
            age = guidBytes[0] ^ guidBytes[7],
            sex = guidBytes[14] % 2 == 0,
            BirthDay = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-guidBytes[11] * 18),
            weight = guidBytes[12] * 100
        };
    }
}

private void MakeLog(string test, List<long> log) =>
    Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} ms -> [{2}]",
        test,
        log.Average(),
        string.Join(", ", log)
    );

private void Test1(int times, int count)
{
    var test = Enumerable.Range(1, times).ToArray();

    MakeLog("C.ToList", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = C(count).ToList();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("C.ToArray", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = C(count).ToArray();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("S.ToList", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = S(count).ToList();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("S.ToArray", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = S(count).ToArray();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());
}

private void Test2(int times, int count)
{
    var test = Enumerable.Range(1, times).ToArray();

    var dataC1 = new PersonT<PersonC>(C(count));
    var dataS1 = new PersonT<PersonS>(S(count));

    MakeLog("C1.ToList", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = dataC1.ToList();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("C1.ToArray", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = dataC1.ToArray();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("S1.ToList", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = dataS1.ToList();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("S1.ToArray", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = dataS1.ToArray();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());
}

private void Test3(int times, int count)
{
    var test = Enumerable.Range(1, times).ToArray();

    var dataC2 = (ICollection<PersonC>) new List<PersonC>(C(count));
    var dataS2 = (ICollection<PersonS>) new List<PersonS>(S(count));

    MakeLog("C2.ToList", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = dataC2.ToList();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("C2.ToArray", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = dataC2.ToArray();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("S2.ToList", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = dataS2.ToList();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());

    MakeLog("S2.ToArray", test.Select(o =>
    {
        var sw = new Stopwatch();
        GC.Collect();
        sw.Start();
        var ret = dataS2.ToArray();
        sw.Stop();
        return sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    }).ToList());
}

private void TestMain()
{
    const int times = 100;
    const int count = 1_000_000 + 1;
    Test1(times, count);
    Test2(times, count);
    Test3(times, count);
}

我在我的机器上得到了这些结果:

Group1:

C.ToList 761.79 ms -> [775, 755, 759, 759, 756, 759, 765, 750, 757, 762, 759, 754, 757, 753, 763, 753, 759, 756, 768, 754, 763, 757, 757, 777, 780, 758, 754, 758, 762, 754, 758, 757, 763, 758, 760, 754, 761, 755, 764, 847, 952, 755, 747, 763, 760, 758, 754, 763, 761, 758, 750, 764, 757, 763, 762, 756, 753, 759, 759, 757, 758, 779, 765, 760, 760, 756, 760, 756, 755, 764, 759, 753, 757, 760, 752, 764, 758, 760, 758, 760, 755, 761, 751, 753, 761, 762, 761, 758, 759, 752, 765, 756, 760, 755, 757, 753, 760, 751, 755, 779]
C.ToArray 782.56 ms -> [783, 774, 771, 771, 773, 774, 775, 775, 772, 770, 771, 774, 771, 1023, 975, 772, 767, 776, 771, 779, 772, 779, 775, 771, 775, 773, 775, 771, 765, 774, 770, 781, 772, 771, 781, 762, 817, 770, 775, 779, 769, 774, 763, 775, 777, 769, 777, 772, 775, 778, 775, 771, 770, 774, 772, 769, 772, 769, 774, 775, 768, 775, 769, 774, 771, 776, 774, 773, 778, 769, 778, 767, 770, 787, 783, 779, 771, 768, 805, 780, 779, 767, 773, 771, 773, 785, 1044, 853, 775, 774, 775, 771, 770, 769, 770, 776, 770, 780, 821, 770]
S.ToList 704.2 ms -> [687, 702, 709, 691, 694, 710, 696, 698, 700, 694, 701, 719, 706, 694, 702, 699, 699, 703, 704, 701, 703, 705, 697, 707, 691, 697, 707, 692, 721, 698, 695, 700, 704, 700, 701, 710, 700, 705, 697, 711, 694, 700, 695, 698, 701, 692, 696, 702, 690, 699, 708, 700, 703, 714, 701, 697, 700, 699, 694, 701, 697, 696, 699, 694, 709, 1068, 690, 706, 699, 699, 695, 708, 695, 704, 704, 700, 695, 704, 695, 696, 702, 700, 710, 708, 693, 697, 702, 694, 700, 706, 699, 695, 706, 714, 704, 700, 695, 697, 707, 704]
S.ToArray 742.5 ms -> [742, 743, 733, 745, 741, 724, 738, 745, 728, 732, 740, 727, 739, 740, 726, 744, 758, 732, 744, 745, 730, 739, 738, 723, 745, 757, 729, 741, 736, 724, 744, 756, 739, 766, 737, 725, 741, 742, 736, 748, 742, 721, 746, 1043, 806, 747, 731, 727, 742, 742, 726, 738, 746, 727, 739, 743, 730, 744, 753, 741, 739, 746, 728, 740, 744, 734, 734, 738, 731, 747, 736, 731, 765, 735, 726, 740, 743, 730, 746, 742, 725, 731, 757, 734, 738, 741, 732, 747, 744, 721, 742, 741, 727, 745, 740, 730, 747, 760, 737, 740]

C1.ToList 32.34 ms -> [35, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 33, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 30, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 30, 31, 31, 31, 30, 32, 31, 31, 31, 36, 31, 31, 31, 32, 30, 31, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 33, 32, 31, 32, 31, 31, 33, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 32, 31, 34, 38, 68, 42, 79, 33, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 30, 30, 30, 30, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 32, 31, 31, 31, 32, 33, 33, 31, 31]
C1.ToArray 56.32 ms -> [57, 56, 59, 54, 54, 55, 56, 57, 54, 54, 55, 55, 57, 56, 59, 57, 56, 58, 56, 56, 54, 56, 57, 55, 55, 55, 57, 58, 57, 58, 55, 55, 56, 55, 57, 56, 56, 59, 56, 56, 56, 56, 58, 56, 57, 56, 56, 57, 56, 55, 56, 56, 56, 59, 56, 56, 56, 55, 55, 54, 55, 54, 57, 56, 56, 56, 55, 55, 56, 56, 56, 59, 56, 56, 57, 56, 57, 56, 56, 56, 56, 62, 55, 56, 56, 56, 69, 57, 58, 56, 57, 58, 56, 57, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56]
S1.ToList 88.69 ms -> [96, 90, 90, 89, 91, 88, 89, 90, 96, 89, 89, 89, 90, 90, 90, 89, 90, 90, 89, 90, 89, 91, 89, 91, 89, 91, 89, 90, 90, 89, 87, 88, 87, 88, 87, 87, 87, 87, 88, 88, 87, 87, 89, 87, 87, 87, 91, 88, 87, 86, 89, 87, 90, 89, 89, 90, 89, 87, 87, 87, 86, 87, 88, 90, 88, 87, 87, 92, 87, 87, 88, 88, 88, 86, 86, 87, 88, 87, 87, 87, 89, 87, 89, 87, 90, 89, 89, 89, 91, 89, 90, 89, 90, 88, 90, 90, 90, 88, 89, 89]
S1.ToArray 143.26 ms -> [130, 129, 130, 131, 133, 130, 131, 130, 135, 137, 130, 136, 132, 131, 130, 131, 132, 130, 132, 136, 130, 131, 157, 153, 194, 364, 176, 189, 203, 194, 189, 192, 183, 140, 142, 147, 145, 134, 159, 158, 142, 167, 130, 143, 145, 144, 160, 154, 156, 153, 153, 164, 142, 145, 137, 134, 145, 143, 142, 135, 133, 133, 135, 134, 134, 139, 139, 133, 134, 141, 133, 132, 133, 132, 133, 131, 135, 132, 133, 132, 128, 128, 130, 132, 129, 129, 129, 129, 129, 128, 134, 129, 129, 129, 129, 128, 128, 137, 130, 131]

C2.ToList 3.25 ms -> [5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3]
C2.ToArray 3.37 ms -> [4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 9, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3]
S2.ToList 37.72 ms -> [38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 40, 38, 38, 39, 39, 38, 38, 38, 38, 37, 37, 37, 37, 39, 37, 37, 39, 38, 37, 37, 37, 37, 39, 38, 37, 37, 38, 37, 38, 37, 37, 38, 37, 37, 37, 38, 37, 37, 36, 37, 38, 37, 39, 37, 39, 38, 37, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 37, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 37, 38, 37, 37, 38, 37, 37, 39, 41, 37, 38, 38, 37, 37, 37, 37, 38, 37, 37, 37, 40, 37, 37, 37, 37, 39, 38]
S2.ToArray 38.86 ms -> [39, 37, 39, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 39, 39, 38, 38, 38, 39, 37, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 37, 37, 38, 37, 37, 38, 38, 40, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 40, 38, 39, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 38, 39, 39, 37, 38, 38, 39, 71, 78, 37, 37, 37, 39, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 38, 39, 38, 38, 38]

Group2上:

C.ToList 756.81 ms
C.ToArray 774.21 ms
S.ToList 709.7 ms
S.ToArray 753.51 ms

C1.ToList 32.06 ms
C1.ToArray 56.58 ms
S1.ToList 89.43 ms
S1.ToArray 132.85 ms

C2.ToList 3.45 ms
C2.ToArray 3.36 ms
S2.ToList 41.43 ms
S2.ToArray 40.84 ms

Group3:

C.ToList 756.64 ms
C.ToArray 771.56 ms
S.ToList 705.42 ms
S.ToArray 749.59 ms

C1.ToList 31.45 ms
C1.ToArray 57.03 ms
S1.ToList 91.26 ms
S1.ToArray 129.77 ms

C2.ToList 3.26 ms
C2.ToArray 3.29 ms
S2.ToList 41.57 ms
S2.ToArray 40.69 ms

Group4:

C.ToList 729.65 ms -> [749, 730, 721, 719, 723, 743, 721, 724, 727, 722, 716, 725, 723, 726, 718, 722, 731, 722, 723, 725, 723, 722, 728, 726, 728, 718, 726, 1088, 788, 737, 729, 710, 730, 728, 717, 723, 728, 721, 722, 728, 722, 736, 723, 729, 732, 724, 726, 727, 728, 728, 726, 726, 725, 727, 725, 728, 728, 718, 724, 725, 726, 724, 726, 729, 727, 722, 722, 725, 725, 728, 724, 727, 738, 717, 726, 723, 725, 725, 727, 724, 720, 726, 726, 723, 727, 730, 723, 721, 725, 727, 727, 733, 720, 722, 722, 725, 722, 725, 728, 726]
C.ToArray 788.36 ms -> [748, 740, 742, 797, 1090, 774, 781, 787, 784, 786, 786, 782, 781, 781, 784, 783, 783, 781, 783, 787, 783, 784, 775, 789, 784, 785, 778, 774, 781, 783, 786, 781, 780, 788, 778, 785, 777, 781, 786, 782, 781, 787, 782, 787, 784, 773, 783, 782, 781, 777, 783, 781, 785, 788, 777, 776, 784, 784, 783, 789, 778, 781, 791, 768, 779, 783, 781, 787, 786, 781, 784, 781, 785, 781, 780, 809, 1155, 780, 790, 789, 783, 776, 785, 783, 786, 787, 782, 782, 787, 777, 779, 784, 783, 776, 786, 775, 782, 779, 784, 784]
S.ToList 705.54 ms -> [690, 705, 709, 708, 702, 707, 703, 696, 703, 702, 700, 703, 700, 707, 705, 699, 697, 703, 695, 698, 707, 697, 711, 710, 699, 700, 708, 707, 693, 710, 704, 691, 702, 700, 703, 700, 705, 700, 703, 695, 709, 705, 698, 699, 709, 700, 699, 704, 691, 705, 703, 700, 708, 1048, 710, 706, 706, 692, 702, 705, 695, 701, 710, 697, 698, 706, 705, 707, 707, 695, 698, 704, 698, 699, 705, 698, 703, 702, 701, 697, 702, 702, 704, 703, 699, 707, 703, 705, 701, 717, 698, 695, 713, 696, 708, 705, 697, 699, 700, 698]
S.ToArray 745.01 ms -> [751, 743, 727, 734, 736, 745, 739, 750, 739, 750, 758, 739, 744, 738, 730, 744, 745, 739, 744, 750, 733, 735, 743, 731, 749, 748, 727, 746, 749, 731, 737, 803, 1059, 756, 769, 748, 740, 745, 741, 746, 749, 732, 741, 742, 732, 744, 746, 737, 742, 739, 733, 744, 741, 729, 746, 760, 725, 741, 764, 739, 750, 751, 727, 745, 738, 727, 735, 741, 720, 736, 740, 733, 741, 746, 731, 749, 756, 740, 738, 736, 732, 741, 741, 733, 741, 744, 736, 742, 742, 735, 743, 746, 729, 748, 765, 743, 734, 742, 728, 749]

C1.ToList 32.27 ms -> [36, 31, 31, 32, 31, 32, 31, 30, 32, 30, 30, 30, 34, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 38, 51, 68, 57, 35, 30, 31, 31, 30, 30, 33, 30, 31, 34, 31, 34, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 30, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 32, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 33, 31, 31, 32, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 33, 30, 33, 32, 31, 30, 31, 31, 32, 32, 31, 35, 31, 34, 31, 31, 32, 31, 31, 32, 31, 32, 31, 31, 35, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32]
C1.ToArray 56.72 ms -> [58, 56, 57, 57, 59, 58, 58, 57, 56, 59, 57, 55, 55, 54, 56, 55, 56, 56, 57, 59, 56, 55, 58, 56, 55, 55, 55, 55, 58, 58, 55, 57, 57, 56, 57, 57, 57, 57, 59, 59, 56, 57, 56, 57, 57, 56, 57, 59, 58, 56, 57, 57, 57, 58, 56, 56, 59, 56, 59, 57, 57, 57, 57, 59, 57, 56, 57, 56, 58, 56, 57, 56, 57, 59, 55, 58, 55, 55, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 57, 56, 56, 57, 56, 56, 57, 58, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57]
S1.ToList 90.72 ms -> [95, 90, 90, 89, 89, 89, 91, 89, 89, 87, 91, 89, 89, 89, 91, 89, 89, 89, 90, 89, 89, 90, 88, 89, 88, 90, 89, 90, 89, 89, 90, 90, 89, 89, 90, 91, 89, 91, 89, 90, 89, 89, 90, 91, 89, 89, 89, 89, 89, 89, 90, 89, 89, 89, 90, 89, 90, 89, 91, 89, 90, 89, 90, 89, 90, 89, 96, 89, 90, 89, 89, 89, 89, 89, 90, 89, 89, 89, 90, 87, 89, 90, 90, 91, 89, 91, 89, 89, 90, 91, 90, 89, 93, 144, 149, 90, 90, 89, 89, 89]
S1.ToArray 131.4 ms -> [130, 128, 127, 134, 129, 129, 130, 136, 131, 130, 132, 132, 133, 131, 132, 131, 133, 132, 130, 131, 132, 131, 130, 133, 133, 130, 130, 131, 131, 131, 132, 134, 131, 131, 132, 131, 132, 131, 134, 131, 131, 130, 131, 131, 130, 132, 129, 131, 131, 131, 132, 131, 133, 134, 131, 131, 132, 132, 131, 133, 131, 131, 130, 133, 131, 130, 134, 132, 131, 132, 132, 131, 131, 134, 131, 131, 132, 132, 131, 130, 138, 130, 130, 131, 132, 132, 130, 134, 131, 131, 132, 131, 130, 132, 133, 131, 131, 131, 130, 131]

C2.ToList 3.21 ms -> [4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3]
C2.ToArray 3.22 ms -> [4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4]
S2.ToList 41.46 ms -> [42, 40, 41, 40, 42, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 40, 40, 41, 40, 40, 40, 39, 41, 41, 39, 40, 40, 43, 40, 39, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 40, 40, 40, 43, 40, 43, 75, 76, 47, 39, 40, 40, 40, 40, 42, 40, 41, 40, 40, 40, 44, 41, 40, 42, 42, 40, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 41, 41, 41, 42, 41, 40, 41, 41, 42, 42, 41, 40, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 40, 42, 40, 42, 41, 41, 41, 43, 41, 41, 41, 41, 42, 41]
S2.ToArray 41.14 ms -> [42, 41, 41, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 41, 42, 41, 42, 41, 41, 41, 42, 41, 41, 42, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 42, 40, 41, 40, 42, 40, 42, 41, 40, 42, 41, 41, 43, 42, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 40, 40, 41, 41, 41, 40, 42, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 41, 42, 41, 41, 41, 42, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 42, 42, 42, 41, 45, 46, 41, 40, 41, 41, 42, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 43, 40, 40, 40, 40, 43, 41]

Group5:

C.ToList 757.06 ms -> [770, 752, 752, 751, 778, 763, 761, 763, 747, 758, 748, 747, 754, 749, 752, 753, 756, 762, 750, 753, 756, 749, 755, 757, 755, 756, 755, 744, 753, 758, 747, 751, 759, 751, 761, 755, 746, 752, 752, 749, 746, 752, 753, 755, 752, 755, 754, 754, 966, 937, 749, 759, 748, 747, 754, 749, 755, 750, 746, 754, 757, 752, 753, 745, 758, 755, 761, 753, 751, 755, 755, 752, 746, 756, 755, 746, 742, 751, 751, 749, 752, 751, 756, 756, 755, 742, 749, 754, 749, 756, 753, 751, 754, 752, 751, 754, 753, 749, 755, 756]
C.ToArray 772.8 ms -> [766, 772, 755, 763, 758, 767, 763, 762, 761, 768, 769, 763, 770, 757, 765, 760, 766, 759, 764, 761, 760, 777, 1102, 881, 759, 765, 758, 762, 772, 761, 758, 757, 765, 769, 769, 761, 762, 762, 763, 760, 770, 764, 760, 768, 758, 766, 763, 770, 769, 761, 764, 761, 761, 767, 761, 762, 764, 757, 765, 766, 767, 771, 753, 762, 769, 768, 759, 764, 764, 760, 763, 763, 763, 763, 763, 767, 761, 771, 760, 765, 760, 758, 768, 770, 751, 771, 767, 771, 765, 763, 760, 765, 765, 769, 767, 767, 1193, 774, 767, 764]
S.ToList 704.73 ms -> [682, 708, 705, 699, 705, 704, 695, 703, 702, 699, 701, 708, 699, 702, 703, 701, 701, 699, 701, 707, 707, 700, 701, 705, 700, 697, 706, 702, 701, 706, 699, 692, 702, 697, 707, 704, 697, 698, 699, 699, 702, 703, 698, 697, 702, 703, 702, 704, 694, 697, 707, 695, 711, 710, 700, 693, 703, 699, 699, 706, 698, 701, 703, 704, 698, 706, 700, 704, 701, 699, 702, 705, 694, 698, 709, 736, 1053, 704, 694, 700, 698, 696, 701, 700, 700, 706, 706, 692, 698, 707, 703, 695, 703, 699, 694, 708, 695, 694, 706, 695]
S.ToArray 744.17 ms -> [746, 740, 725, 740, 739, 731, 746, 760, 735, 738, 740, 734, 744, 748, 737, 744, 745, 727, 736, 738, 728, 743, 745, 735, 748, 760, 739, 748, 762, 742, 741, 747, 733, 746, 758, 742, 742, 741, 724, 744, 747, 727, 740, 740, 729, 742, 757, 741, 740, 742, 726, 739, 746, 1133, 749, 737, 730, 740, 747, 733, 747, 752, 731, 747, 742, 730, 741, 749, 731, 749, 743, 730, 747, 742, 731, 737, 745, 734, 739, 735, 727, 743, 752, 731, 744, 742, 729, 740, 746, 731, 739, 746, 733, 745, 743, 733, 739, 742, 727, 737]

C1.ToList 31.71 ms -> [35, 32, 32, 30, 31, 33, 31, 32, 32, 31, 31, 32, 32, 33, 32, 31, 31, 32, 31, 32, 32, 32, 31, 32, 33, 32, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 34, 31, 31, 32, 33, 32, 32, 31, 32, 34, 32, 31, 32, 33, 31, 32, 32, 31, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 31, 31, 32, 31, 33, 30, 31, 32, 30, 30, 33, 32, 32, 34, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 31, 31, 33, 31, 32, 32, 32, 33, 32, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 32, 33, 32, 31, 31, 32]
C1.ToArray 59.53 ms -> [63, 57, 58, 58, 57, 59, 59, 57, 60, 131, 127, 67, 58, 56, 59, 56, 57, 58, 58, 58, 57, 59, 60, 57, 57, 59, 60, 57, 57, 57, 58, 58, 58, 58, 57, 57, 61, 57, 58, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, 58, 58, 58, 58, 57, 58, 59, 57, 58, 57, 57, 59, 58, 58, 59, 57, 59, 57, 56, 56, 59, 56, 56, 59, 57, 58, 58, 58, 57, 58, 59, 59, 58, 57, 58, 62, 65, 57, 57, 57, 58, 60, 59, 58, 59, 57, 58, 57, 58, 59, 58, 58, 58, 59, 60, 58]
S1.ToList 82.78 ms -> [87, 82, 83, 83, 82, 82, 83, 84, 82, 83, 84, 84, 84, 82, 82, 84, 82, 84, 83, 84, 82, 82, 82, 81, 83, 83, 83, 84, 84, 82, 82, 83, 83, 83, 82, 83, 85, 83, 82, 82, 84, 82, 82, 83, 83, 83, 82, 82, 82, 83, 82, 83, 82, 84, 82, 83, 82, 83, 82, 82, 82, 84, 82, 83, 82, 82, 86, 83, 83, 82, 83, 83, 83, 82, 84, 82, 83, 81, 82, 82, 82, 82, 83, 83, 83, 82, 83, 84, 83, 82, 83, 83, 83, 82, 83, 84, 82, 82, 83, 83]
S1.ToArray 122.3 ms -> [122, 119, 119, 120, 119, 120, 120, 121, 119, 119, 122, 120, 120, 120, 122, 120, 123, 120, 120, 120, 121, 123, 120, 120, 120, 121, 120, 121, 122, 120, 123, 119, 121, 118, 121, 120, 120, 120, 119, 124, 119, 121, 119, 120, 120, 120, 120, 120, 122, 121, 123, 230, 203, 123, 119, 119, 122, 119, 120, 120, 120, 122, 120, 121, 120, 121, 120, 121, 120, 121, 120, 120, 120, 121, 122, 121, 123, 119, 119, 119, 119, 121, 120, 120, 120, 122, 121, 122, 119, 120, 120, 121, 121, 120, 121, 120, 121, 118, 118, 118]

C2.ToList 3.43 ms -> [5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 6, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3]
C2.ToArray 3.48 ms -> [3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3]
S2.ToList 41.47 ms -> [41, 41, 49, 67, 82, 41, 41, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 40, 42, 42, 40, 40, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 40, 41, 40, 41, 40, 42, 41, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 42, 41, 41, 41, 42, 40, 41, 40, 40, 40, 42, 40, 41, 42, 41, 42, 41, 42, 40, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 40, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 41, 40, 40, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 43, 40, 40, 41, 42, 41]
S2.ToArray 40.62 ms -> [42, 41, 44, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 41, 40, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 41, 40, 41, 41, 40, 41, 40, 40, 41, 42, 41, 41, 41, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 41, 42, 40, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 40, 42, 40, 40, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 40, 40, 41, 40, 40, 40, 40, 41, 40, 41, 41, 41, 40, 41, 41, 40, 41, 40, 41, 42, 40, 41, 41, 42, 41, 41, 40, 41, 40, 41, 40, 41, 41, 40, 40, 40, 41, 41, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40]

由于stackoverflow对应答的字符数有限制,因此省略了Group2和Group3的示例列表。

如您所见,在大多数情况下使用ToList或ToArry并不重要。

在处理运行时计算的IEnumerable<T>对象时,如果计算带来的负载比ToList和ToArray的内存分配和复制操作重,则差异不显著(C.ToList vs .ToArray, S.ToList vs .ToArray)。

The difference can be observed only on non-runtime-calculated IEnumerable<T> only objects (C1.ToList vs C1.ToArray and S1.ToList vs S1.ToArray). But the absolute difference (<60ms) is still acceptable on an one million small object IEnumerable<T>. In fact, the difference is decided by the implementation of Enumerator<T> of IEnumerable<T>. So, if your program is really really really sensitive on this, you do have to profile, profile, profile! At last you'll probably find that the bottleneck is not on ToList or ToArray, but the detail of enumerators.

C2的结果。ToList vs C2。ToArray和S2。ToList vs S2。ToArray表明,您真的不需要关心非运行时计算的ICollection<T>对象上的ToList或ToArray。

当然,这只是在我的机器上的结果,这些操作在不同机器上的实际花费时间是不一样的,你可以在你的机器上使用上面的代码来发现。

你需要做出选择的唯一原因是,你在List<T>或T[]上有特定的需求,正如@Jeppe Stig Nielsen的回答所描述的那样。

对于任何有兴趣在其他Linq-to-sql中使用此结果的人,例如

from q in context.MyTable
where myListOrArray.Contains(q.someID)
select q;

那么生成的SQL是相同的,无论你使用List或Array为myListOrArray。 现在我知道有些人可能会问为什么在这条语句之前枚举,但从IQueryable vs(列表或数组)生成的SQL之间是有区别的。