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Chapter 10: The .NET 2 type system from a C#2 point of view
Chapter 9< > Chapter 11
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Table of content:
The storage of objects in memory
Allocating and deallocating objects
Managed thread stack
Managed heap
Object storage: Managed thread stack vs. managed heap
Static allocation vs dynamic allocation
Reference types vs. Value types
Understanding references
The Common Type System (CTS)
.NET types are not related to any programming language
CTS: The big picture
The System.Object class
Comparing objects
Equivalence vs. Identity
Customizing equality comparison
Equality and hash tables
Customizing ordering comparison
Cloning an object
Boxing and Unboxing
Boxing
Some dangerous issues with boxing
Unboxing
Primitive types
Integer types
Real types
The bool type
The char type
Conversions between integers and characters
Operations on primitive types
Arithmetic on operands of the same primitive type
Dealing with the divide by zero issue
Dealing with overflows
Operator priority
The pre and post increment/decrement operators
Arithmetic operations on different primitive types
Operations on bits
Structures
Enumerations
Enumerations and integer types
The System.Enum class
Bit fields (set of flags)
Strings
The System.String class
Strings constants
Verbatim string literals
Working with strings
Formatting strings
The System.Text.StringBuilder class
Delegate classes and delegate objects
Introduction
Delegate objects and static methods
The C#2 compiler can infer a delegate class
Delegate objects and instance methods
Referencing several methods from a single delegate object
The System.Delegate class
Modifying the list of referenced methods
Nullable types
Value types and null value paradigm
The System.Nullable<T> structure
Evolution of the C# syntax: Nullable<T> and the null keyword
Evolution of the C# syntax: equivalence between Nullable<T> and T?
No special treatment for bool? in C# 2.0
Nullables types and boxing/unboxing
Nullable structures and enumerations
Partial types
Type declaration elements that must be repeated in each partial declaration
Type declaration elements that can optionally be repeated in each partial declaration
Type declaration elements that cumulate their effects when repeated in several partial declarations
Type declaration elements that only have a local effect on a partial declaration
Copyright Patrick Smacchia 2006 2007
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