Damn, answered the wrong post here, sorry.
On Oct 3, 11:29 pm, Cerebrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Boxing : Converting a value type to reference type is called Boxing.
>
> Does calling ToString() on a String qualify as Boxing ??? No, I don't
> think so at all. Try disassembling your assembly and checking the IL
> generated. I'm almost positive that the IL generated for your
> particular code snippet will not include a box-unbox pair of
> instructions.
>
> AFAIK, calling ToString() on a string object (admittedly a silly thing
> to do...all too common with amateurs) will only return the reference
> of the string instance.
>
> On Oct 3, 1:18 am, altja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > So the String class is immutable compared to the rest of the reference
> > types.
>
> > Immutable = any change to the object causes the runtime to create a
> > new one and abandon the old one.
>
> > So does this mean that String always trashes its object while any
> > other reference type just adds an additional pointer to the memory
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