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Boxing and Unboxing in C#: 7 Deadly Sins
You might have had the anti boxing and unboxing rhetoric pounded into your head. In the .NET world they’re often mentioned as an unfortunate side-effect of backwards compatibility. A reminder of life...
View ArticleAvoiding boxing in String and Console methods
Unlike Java, C# has a unified type system. Both reference types AND values inherit from system.object which means that you can have a method that takes in both value and reference types by their common...
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Episode 2 – Boxing and Unboxing in .NET
This episode is all about boxing and unboxing. We discuss memory management, the pros (yes, there are a few!) and cons of boxing/unboxing, some of the weird side effects and how to you can avoid it...
View ArticleSteps to Understanding Boxing and Unboxing
I could start by telling you that wrapping a value type in an Object is boxing. There, we’re done right? I mean, you now know what that means, yeah?! So, you could probably then deduce that unboxing...
View ArticleWhat You Don’t Know About Interfaces Can Hurt Your Application
Recently, we’ve discussed the adverse effects that boxing and unboxing can have on the performance of your application. Furthermore, during episode two, we mentioned the unintentional use of boxing...
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