Hi Einar,

In the context of the examples you gave, yes, they are the same.

The only condition that makes the two uses of the throw statement different is that a throw statement with no exception can be used only in a catch block. For example, you can throw a concrete instance of an exception without a try/catch block:

public static void Main()
{
	throw new Exception();
}

But you can't do this:

public static void Main()
{
	throw; // this will cause a compilation error
}

This will cause a compilation error saying that a throw statement with no arguments is not allowed outside a catch block.

Regards,