Generics memory management

Question

I have question regarding how memory is managed for strong type Generics

List ints1 = new List();
ints1.Add(1); ints1.Add(2); ints1.Add         


        

Answer 1

Memory management for generics (Generic collections) is exactly the same as for non-generic types.

Your ints1 list uses an array under the covers. So it is the same as for ints2 (when it has been corrected). In both cases a block of memory on the Heap is holding the int values.

The List<> class consists of an array, a int Count and an int Capacity property. When you Add() an element Count is incremented, when it passes Capacity a new array is allocated and the contents are copied.