Value Types and Their Behaviors

Value types have changed in various ways from Managed Extensions for C++ to Visual C++ 2008. In this section, we look at the CLR enum type and the value class type, together with a look at boxing and access to the boxed instance on the CLR heap, as well as a look at interior and pinning pointers. There have been extensive language changes in this area.

In This Section

• Value Types and Their Behaviors
  Discusses changes in the declaration and behavior of enums.

• Implicit Boxing of Value Types
  Discusses the motivation for implicit boxing of value types and the consequent changes in behavior.

• A Tracking Handle to a Boxed Value
  Discusses how implicit boxing of value types translates to a tracking handle to the boxed value object.

• Value Type Semantics
  Discusses changes to value type semantics, including inherited virtual methods, class default constructors, interior pointers, and pinning pointers.

See Also

Concepts

C++/CLI Migration Primer

Reference

Classes and Structs (Managed)