Pro .NET Framework with the Base Class Library: Understanding the Virtual Execution System and the Common Type System

© Roger Villela  2019

Roger VillelaPro .NET Framework with the Base Class Libraryhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4191-2_3

3. Equality and Cloning Operations from VES Perspective

Roger Villela¹ 

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São Paulo, Brazil

 

In this chapter, we will learn about two fundamental operations, equals and clone. As we learned in Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, the fundamental types array and string are part of any kind of application targeting an implementation of .NET. But some of the behaviors available within these types come from the VES and are expressed through methods and functionalities that are implicitly available. For example, references types and value types derive from the root reference type System.Object, implicitly or explicitly. So, reference types ...