Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I just want to clarify one thing. This is not a question on which one is better, that part I leave to someone else to discuss. I don’t care … Read more
I would like to gather as much information as possible regarding API versioning in .NET/CLR, and specifically how API changes do or do not break client applications. First, let’s define some terms: API change – a change in the publicly visible definition of a type, including any of its public members. This includes changing type … Read more
I’m just revising chapter 4 of C# in Depth which deals with nullable types, and I’m adding a section about using the “as” operator, which allows you to write: object o = …; int? x = o as int?; if (x.HasValue) { … // Use x.Value in here } I thought this was really neat, … Read more
When programming interfaces, I’ve found I’m doing a lot of casting or object type conversion. Is there a difference between these two methods of conversion? If so, is there a cost difference or how does this affect my program? public interface IMyInterface { void AMethod(); } public class MyClass : IMyInterface { public void AMethod() … Read more
A String is a reference type even though it has most of the characteristics of a value type such as being immutable and having == overloaded to compare the text rather than making sure they reference the same object. Why isn’t string just a value type then? 12 Answers 12
A .NET 3.5 solution ended up with this warning when compiling with msbuild. Sometimes NDepend might help out but in this case it didn’t give any further details. Like Bob I ended up having to resort to opening each assembly in ILDASM until I found the one that was referencing an older version of the … Read more
I wrote some code for testing the impact of try-catch, but seeing some surprising results. static void Main(string[] args) { Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest; Process.GetCurrentProcess().PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.RealTime; long start = 0, stop = 0, elapsed = 0; double avg = 0.0; long temp = Fibo(1); for (int i = 1; i < 100000000; i++) { start … Read more
