Store a reference to a value type?

Question

I am writing a \"Monitor\" object to facilitate debugging of my app. This Monitor object can be accessed at run time from an IronPython interpreter. My question is, is it po

Answer 1

class Test
{
    private int a;

    /// 

    ///  points to my variable type interger,
    ///  where the identifier is named 'a'.
    /// 
    public int A
    {
        get { return a; }
        set { a = value; }
    }
}

Why put yourself through all that hassle of writing complicated code, declaring identifiers everywhere linking to the same location? Make a property, add some XML code to help you outside the class, and use the properties in your coding.

I don't know about storing a pointer, don't think it's possible, but if you're just wanting to check its value, the safest way to my knowledge is to create a property of the variable. At least that way you can check its property at any time and if the variable is static, you wouldn't even have to create an instance of the class to access the variable.

Properties have a lot of advantages; type safety is one, XML tags another. Start using them!