Re: Struct vs Class

Thanks Dave,

I do override Equals and GetHashcode already. I guess I'll change it
back to a class. Thank you for you feedback. From what I had read, I
thought this was the case.

As a newbie, I'm interested in how much boxing / unboxing will be going
on when I define a struct as opposed to a class. I've just got Jeffrey
Richter's CLR via C# which seems to show me how to determine this via
the IL Disassembler. Some investigations to be done!

Thanks.

John.

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