Boxing and Unboxing

Pill Category

Language (C#)

Description

Boxing

• When an instance of a value type is cast to a reference type, a "coat" is created over the instance, in order to be perceived as a reference type. This is called boxing.

Unboxing

• Unboxing is the reversed process, of extracting the value from the "coat".

Question

Everybody knows that boxing and unboxing are very time consuming. But, is it really true? This C# Pill is trying to answer this question:

• Are the boxing and unboxing processes really as time consuming as it is said?

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