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The Reference Source page for stringbuilder.cs has this comment in the ToString method: if (chunk.m_ChunkLength > 0) { // Copy these into local variables so that they // are stable even in the presence of ----s (hackers might do this) char[] sourceArray = chunk.m_ChunkChars; int chunkOffset = chunk.m_ChunkOffset; int chunkLength = chunk.m_ChunkLength; What does this mean? Is ----s something a malicious user might insert into a string to be formatted? In the CoreCLR repository you have a fuller quote: Copy these into local variables so that they are stable even in the presence of race

I'm working on becoming as familiar with C# as I am with VB.NET (the language used at my workplace). One of the best things about the learning process is that by learning about the other language you tend to learn more about your primary language--little questions like this pop up: According to the sources I've found, and past experience, a field in VB.NET that is declared as WithEvents is capable of raising events. I understand that C# doesn't have a direct equivalent--but my question is: fields without this keyword in VB.NET cannot raise events, is there a way to create this same behavior in

Many methods in the BCL are marked with the [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)] attribute. This indicates that the "method is implemented within the common language runtime itself". What was the point of designing the framework in this way over having specified explicit CIL instructions that the runtime would be forced to implement? Ultimately, the attribute is creating contractual obligations for the runtime, but in a way that appears to me to be confusing and not immediately obvious. For example, Math.Pow could have been written this way (excuse my informal mixture of C# + IL and

Let's say you write an app in C#, VB, anything with .NET When you hit build, does it really compile your code? I thought so until I started using redgates reflector on some of my assemblies and saw my code verbatim. I would have expected loops to be unrolled and another plethora of optimizations, instead nothing. So when does the compilation actually happen? I think when it is built, code become IL (Intermediary Language) and when execution occurs, it is loading in the CLR? Is it optimized during CLR only and never at build time? Jorge Córdoba When you compile in VS Your source code is

I'm currently working on a website that makes large use of cached data to avoid roundtrips. At startup we get a "large" graph (hundreds of thouthands of different kinds of objects). Those objects are retrieved over WCF and deserialized (we use protocol buffers for serialization) I'm using redgate's memory profiler to debug memory issues (the memory didn't seem to fit with how much memory we should need "after" we're done initializing and end up with this report Now what we can gather from this report is that: 1) Most of the memory .NET allocated is free (it may have been rightfully allocated

quick question, im just trying out VS2012 and trying to make a c++.net app but for the life of me i cant find the option anymore when making a new project. In vs2008 it used to be under new project>visual c++> CLR>windwos form application. Have they removed the option to make c++/CLR application in .net from vs2012? Or is it something i must download? Although Microsoft removed the option to create a C++/CLI Windows Forms application, the template files are still installed. The only thing missing seems to be the .vsz files and a registration in the vcNET.vcdir file. I have recreated these

The two documentation pages seem to contradict on this topic: ValueType.Equals Method says "The default implementation of the Equals method uses reflection to compare the corresponding fields of obj and this instance." Object.Equals Method (Object) says "The default implementation of Equals supports reference equality for reference types, and bitwise equality for value types ." So is it bitwise equality or reflection? I took a glimpse at the source code of ValueType and found a comment saying // if there are no GC references in this object we can avoid reflection // and do a fast memcmp Can