March 2004 - Posts

• Changes in Destructor Semantics in Support of Deterministic Finalization

  In the original language design, a class destructor was permitted within a reference class but not within a value class. This has not changed in the revised V2 language design. However, the semantics of the class destructor have changed considerably. Read More... Posted Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:28 AM by slippman | 16 Comments

• Having the right Type Vocabulary to discuss Boxed Value Types

  Comments from Stan Lippman's BLog: Jon Flanders re: Value Type Redux I think it is always important to point out when having the “value types are boxed whenever they are treated as object” discussion, that if the value type overrides ToString() Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:50 AM by slippman | 3 Comments