Hi All,
Microsoft says that structures are value types. Also primitive data types
are value types. And memory for value types is allocated on the stack. Then
why we need new operator to allocate memory for structure value types and not
for primitive data types(they r allocated memory on stack as well)??? Please
help.
Thanks in advance.
Faktujaa 13 2143
hi
the struct gets allocated on the stack.
What 'new ' does is initialize the value type's fields to null/zero
regards
Ansil
"faktujaa" wrote: Hi All, Microsoft says that structures are value types. Also primitive data types are value types. And memory for value types is allocated on the stack. Then why we need new operator to allocate memory for structure value types and not for primitive data types(they r allocated memory on stack as well)??? Please help. Thanks in advance. Faktujaa
faktujaa <fa******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Microsoft says that structures are value types. Also primitive data types are value types. And memory for value types is allocated on the stack.
Memory for value types is only allocated on the stack in some cases.
See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/memory.html
Then why we need new operator to allocate memory for structure value types and not for primitive data types(they r allocated memory on stack as well)??? Please help.
"new" just means "call a constructor". It doesn't have anything to do
with where things are allocated.
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New has nothing to do with allocation of memory. It is used to call the
constructor.
so by using the new with a structure , you are calling a constructor of the
structure which sets all its members variables to 0, false or null depending
on their type
Nishith Pathak
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote: faktujaa <fa******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Microsoft says that structures are value types. Also primitive data types are value types. And memory for value types is allocated on the stack.
Memory for value types is only allocated on the stack in some cases. See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/memory.html
Then why we need new operator to allocate memory for structure value types and not for primitive data types(they r allocated memory on stack as well)??? Please help.
"new" just means "call a constructor". It doesn't have anything to do with where things are allocated.
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Nishith Pathak <Ni***********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: New has nothing to do with allocation of memory. It is used to call the constructor. so by using the new with a structure , you are calling a constructor of the structure which sets all its members variables to 0, false or null depending on their type
The constructor probably actually sets member variables to *other*
values, actually. It's not much use as a constructor otherwise...
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Thanks for the inputs. Then how does CLR knows that it has to allocate the
memory on stack/heap. By this, i think it determines based on the type
name(class). Actually i was thinking that by creating a variable with new
keyword, we assign the memory on the heap as in C/C++. Anyways thanks for the
help but still the question of how does the CLR knows abt where to allocate
the memory is bothering me. Please help.
Faktujaa
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote: Nishith Pathak <Ni***********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: New has nothing to do with allocation of memory. It is used to call the constructor. so by using the new with a structure , you are calling a constructor of the structure which sets all its members variables to 0, false or null depending on their type
The constructor probably actually sets member variables to *other* values, actually. It's not much use as a constructor otherwise...
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:11:03 -0700, faktujaa wrote: name(class). Actually i was thinking that by creating a variable with new keyword, we assign the memory on the heap as in C/C++. Anyways thanks for the
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in C++, new is an operator whereas in VB New
is a method name.
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Hi,
Im was not talking of C++ and VB but of C#/VB.NET and C++/VB. Anyways im not
a VB guy so i don't know anything abt it. Also as per microsoft, the new
keyword can be used as an operator or as a modifier in C#. As an operator, is
used to create objects on the heap and invoke constructors. Then by using the
same new operator to create an object of structure type, why do it allocates
the memory on the stack. Any help on this is highly appreciated. Thanks in
advance.
faktujaa
"Chris Dunaway" <"dunawayc[[at]_lunchmeat" wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:11:03 -0700, faktujaa wrote:
name(class). Actually i was thinking that by creating a variable with new keyword, we assign the memory on the heap as in C/C++. Anyways thanks for the
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in C++, new is an operator whereas in VB New is a method name.
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faktujaa <fa******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Im was not talking of C++ and VB but of C#/VB.NET and C++/VB. Anyways im not a VB guy so i don't know anything abt it. Also as per microsoft, the new keyword can be used as an operator or as a modifier in C#. As an operator, is used to create objects on the heap and invoke constructors. Then by using the same new operator to create an object of structure type, why do it allocates the memory on the stack. Any help on this is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
It just creates new instances, wherever they should go. It's as simple
as that.
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faktujaa <fa******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Thanks for the inputs. Then how does CLR knows that it has to allocate the memory on stack/heap. By this, i think it determines based on the type name(class). Actually i was thinking that by creating a variable with new keyword, we assign the memory on the heap as in C/C++. Anyways thanks for the help but still the question of how does the CLR knows abt where to allocate the memory is bothering me. Please help.
Did you read the article I linked to? It explains it all there. http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/memory.html
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<Chris Dunaway <"dunawayc[[at]_lunchmeat_sbcglobal[dot]]net">> wrote: name(class). Actually i was thinking that by creating a variable with new keyword, we assign the memory on the heap as in C/C++. Anyways thanks for the
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in C++, new is an operator whereas in VB New is a method name.
I'm not sure that it counts as an operator as such, but it's certainly
a keyword rather than a method.
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CLR determin the allocation on heap or stack by checking its type. For
example if it is int since it is been a System,int32 structure so it is
always be allocated on stack and if it string which represent. System.String
class then it is allocated on the Heap.CLR does not look for the new keyword
to allocate it in Heap or stack. New keyword is just to initialise the memory
through the use of constructor
Hope it helps you
Nishith
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote: faktujaa <fa******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Thanks for the inputs. Then how does CLR knows that it has to allocate the memory on stack/heap. By this, i think it determines based on the type name(class). Actually i was thinking that by creating a variable with new keyword, we assign the memory on the heap as in C/C++. Anyways thanks for the help but still the question of how does the CLR knows abt where to allocate the memory is bothering me. Please help.
Did you read the article I linked to? It explains it all there.
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/memory.html
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Nishith Pathak <Ni***********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: CLR determin the allocation on heap or stack by checking its type. For example if it is int since it is been a System,int32 structure so it is always be allocated on stack
No it won't. For instance:
class Test
{
int i;
}
The integer here is part of a class, and will always be on the heap,
despite being a value type. Claiming that value types are always
allocated on the stack is misleading and incorrect.
Please see the article I linked to previously.
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Jon (& faktujaa), I'm not sure that it counts as an operator as such, but it's certainly a keyword rather than a method.
VB.NET considers New an operator (when its not the identifier for the
constructor, aka a method name): http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...fVBSpec9_6.asp
C# considers new an operator (when its not a modifier): http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lrfNewOpPG.asp
In both case the New operator creates an "object" & calls a constructor. As
you know in the case of a value type the "object" is created "inline" (stack
or another object), while for reference types the "object" is created on the
heap.
I've always considered new an operator in C++ also, as the new operator (in
C++) also allocates space for the object & calls the constructor.
Hope this helps
Jay
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news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om... <Chris Dunaway <"dunawayc[[at]_lunchmeat_sbcglobal[dot]]net">> wrote: > name(class). Actually i was thinking that by creating a variable with > new > keyword, we assign the memory on the heap as in C/C++. Anyways thanks > for the
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in C++, new is an operator whereas in VB New is a method name.
I'm not sure that it counts as an operator as such, but it's certainly a keyword rather than a method.
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