This is a very good question, although not very appropriate for the Mono-list. (I would suggest DOTNET-CX, DOTNET-CLR or ADVANCED-DOTNET as better places for this topic. See http://discuss.develop.com for more info on these lists).
Now to (partially) answer your question, the current specification of the CLI does not provide a typed reference to boxed value types, and this is IMHO unfortunate. Managed C++ provides its fictional typed reference (e.g. boxed int) by providing a wrapper object that is structurally compatible with a boxed value type. Microsoft has hinted (although I don't remember where) that future versions of the CLR might provide support for typed references to boxed value types. Regards, Jeroen > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stuart Ballard > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 19:59 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mono-list] Boxed types in C# <snip> _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
