Performance Issues using .With structure?

I am only curious, but generally speaking has anybody any knowledge on performance differences when using the with structure compared to accessing an objects properties directly?

I would think that the compiler would treat both segments of code equally? I typically use the with structure to access an objects properties because it is visually more appealing.

I've not tested it, but my gut feeling is there would be no difference since it is probably ignored by the compiler anyway.

A quick websearch turned up this link which seems to indicate that it might actually give a slight advantage in certain situations.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2053626/vb-net-with-statement-perform...