What does ----s mean in the context of StringBuilder.ToString()?

Question

The Reference Source page for stringbuilder.cs has this comment in the ToString method:

if (chunk.m_ChunkLength > 0)
{
    // Copy these int         


        

Answer 1

Don't think that this is the case - the code in question copies to local variables to prevent bad things happening if the string builder instance is mutated on another thread.

I think the ---- may relate to a four letter swear word...