On 8/8/07, Igal Yoffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> How many times you've seen a variant of the following code:
> <YourPreferredLoggingStream>.WriteLine("Number of foo-bars is: {0}",
> constant_NumOfFooBars);Frankly? Never. If it's a constant, why would I log it? > Also, why bother with interning strings but not bother interning > constants? A string is always an object. Interning a string has two benefits: 1) You get reduced memory usage as soon as the same string is ldstr'd the second time. 2) Generation 0 isn't cluttered with string literals, which reduces the risk of other objects being promoted to Generation 1. Neither of these is true when it comes to boxing an int32 -- which is in any event, a pretty rare operation. With the advent of generics in .NET 2.0, I'm not sure I ever have a good reason for boxing other than the varargs string formatting functions. -- Curt Hagenlocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
