Creating an immutable value object in C# - Part IV - A class with a special valuehttp://blogs.msdn.com/lucabol/archive/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value.aspxOther posts: Part I - Using a class Part II - Making the class better Part III - Using a struct In the last post we looked at structs as ways to implement immutable value objects and we discovered that they have several issues. A good thing about theen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)Geek Lectures - Things geeks should know about &raquo; Blog Archive &raquo; Creating an immutable value object in C# - Part IV - A class with a special valuehttp://blogs.msdn.com/lucabol/archive/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value.aspx#6890019Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:51:11 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6890019Geek Lectures - Things geeks should know about » Blog Archive » Creating an immutable value object in C# - Part IV - A class with a special value<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://geeklectures.info/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value/">http://geeklectures.info/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value/</a></p> re: Creating an immutable value object in C# - Part IV - A class with a special valuehttp://blogs.msdn.com/lucabol/archive/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value.aspx#6890033Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:53:36 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6890033David V. Corbin<p>Why are you ignoring the power of Guidance Automation to create all of the classes?????</p> re: Creating an immutable value object in C# - Part IV - A class with a special valuehttp://blogs.msdn.com/lucabol/archive/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value.aspx#6890551Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:47:32 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6890551onovotny<p>Shouldn't you simply return false for equality if the other value is null instead of throwing? &nbsp;</p> re: Creating an immutable value object in C# - Part IV - A class with a special valuehttp://blogs.msdn.com/lucabol/archive/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value.aspx#6892225Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:49:37 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6892225lucabol<p>David: because I barely know what it is ;-)</p> <p>Anyhow, I think there is a simpler solution. I'll post it later.</p> <p>Onovotny: yes, that is usually the recommended way. In my case, I don't want for these objects to ever be null. If one of them is null, it means that there is something wrong in my app and I want to know it. Hence the exception.</p> Community Convergence XXXVIIIhttp://blogs.msdn.com/lucabol/archive/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value.aspx#6964360Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:13:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6964360Charlie Calvert's Community Blog<p>Welcome to the thirty-eighth Community Convergence. These posts are designed to keep you in touch with</p> Immutability in C#http://blogs.msdn.com/lucabol/archive/2007/12/28/creating-an-immutable-value-object-in-c-part-iv-a-class-with-a-special-value.aspx#7136484Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:36:55 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7136484<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy">Tales from the Evil Empire</a><p>For some reason, there's been a lot of buzz lately around immutability in C#. If you're interested in</p>