if Value Types and Reference Type are from Object Type which is a reference type, then how value type is value type and reference type is reference when they all come from refernce type.
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if Value Types and Reference Type are from Object Type which is a reference type, then how value type is value type and reference type is reference when they all come from refernce type.
Basically, it is a cheat ;-p
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struct(i.e. anything inherited fromValueType) is treated with value-type semantics. But there is a boxing conversion toobjectas necessary; meaning that if you cast astructto anobject, it will create a special object (on the managed heap) containing the data (as a clone) from your value*.The boxed version is a reference-type. You can unbox this (by casting) back to the
structversion, which reverses this (copies the clones data from the object on the heap into your local value).*=unless it is an empty
Nullable<T>, which boxes tonull; likewise,nullunboxes to an emptyNullable<T>.