I read a thread (which had the input of Marc Gravell and Jon Skeet) that mentioned if a struct is in a class, that struct is stored on the heap like the class.
What if a class is a member of a struct? Where does the class get assigned to?
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For info - there are also a number of ways that a struct local-variable (normally on the stack) ends on the heap; captured variables, iterator blocks, etc.Marc Gravell– Marc Gravell2009-03-14 23:02:30 +00:00Commented Mar 14, 2009 at 23:02
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Thanks for this. This was actually mentioned by a member in the thread I mention above (I think struct vs class in C# it was called).GurdeepS– GurdeepS2009-03-14 23:04:03 +00:00Commented Mar 14, 2009 at 23:04
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If a class is a member of a struct, then only the reference is stored in the struct (i.e. the 32/64-bit address to the instance). The instance of a class is always on the heap.
answered Mar 14, 2009 at 22:54
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Still on the heap. The struct will only contain a reference to the class instance (like a pointer).
