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11 Types
11.1 Value types
Paragraph 11 A value type is either a struct type or an enumeration type. 2 C# provides a set of predefined struct types called the simple types. 3 The simple types are identified through reserved words. value-type : struct-type enum-type struct-type : type-name simple-type simple-type : numeric-type bool numeric-type : integral-type floating-point-type decimal integral-type : sbyte byte short ushort int uint long ulong char floating-point-type : float double enum-type : type-name
Paragraph 21 All value types implicitly inherit from class object. 2 It is not possible for any type to derive from a value type, and value types are thus implicitly sealed (§17.1.1.2).
Paragraph 31 A variable of a value type always contains a value of that type. 2 Unlike reference types, it is not possible for a value of a value type to be null, or to reference an object of a more derived type.
Paragraph 41 Assignment to a variable of a value type creates a copy of the value being assigned. 2 This differs from assignment to a variable of a reference type, which copies the reference but not the object identified by the reference. |
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