clintonG
Sat Dec 02 11:13:13 CST 2006
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"Dave Sexton" <dave@jwa[remove.this]online.com> wrote in message
news:Ov4ii11EHHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I'm one of those people too - no secret here.
>
> It works most of the time for me, but it can be painfully slow or not load
> at all sometimes. I assume they are making some major modifications to
> the site.
>
> Although, msdn.microsoft.com/library and the search itself seem to work
> just fine, but once you click a search result that redirects you to msdn2,
> it's 20/80 ;)
>
> --
> Dave Sexton
>
> "clintonG" <csgallagher@REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com> wrote in message
> news:urus1m1EHHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Sorry to go OT -- for a monet -- but you're able to load documentation at
>> msdn2.microsoft.com?
>> Quite a few people can not load pages at msdn2 for many weeks now and
>> trying to figure out why.
>>
>> <%= Clinton Gallagher
>> NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
>> URL
http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/
>> MAP
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>>
>> "Dave Sexton" <dave@jwa[remove.this]online.com> wrote in message
>> news:%238GIy70EHHA.4024@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Jon,
>>>
>>> Your example code has been bothering me - it should work, however it
>>> doesn't and I can't figure out why :p
>>>
>>> But if you think that's weird, check out the following documentation I
>>> found on MSDN:
>>>
>>> "String.Intern Method"
>>>
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.intern.aspx
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> Version Considerations
>>> Starting with the .NET Framework version 2.0, there is a behavioral
>>> change in the Intern method. In the following C# code sequence, the
>>> variable str1 is assigned a reference to Empty, the variable str2 is
>>> assigned the reference to Empty that is returned by the Intern method,
>>> then the references contained in str1 and str2 are compared for
>>> equality.
>>>
>>> string str1 = String.Empty;
>>> string str2 = String.Intern(String.Empty);
>>> if ((object) str1) == ((object) str2) .
>>>
>>> In the .NET Framework version 1.1, str1 and str2 are not equal, but
>>> starting in the .NET Framework version 2.0, str1 and str2 are equal.
>>> </quote>
>>>
>>> Not in my test :|
>>>
>>> string str1 = String.Empty;
>>> string str2 = String.Intern(String.Empty);
>>>
>>> // false
>>> Console.WriteLine((object) str1 == (object) str2);
>>>
>>> // false
>>> Console.WriteLine((object) string.Empty == (object) "");
>>>
>>> // true
>>> Console.WriteLine((object) "" == (object) "");
>>>
>>>
>>> Using Reflector I verified that string.Empty is assigned the empty
>>> literal, "", in the class constructor (.cctor). I also verified,
>>> through testing, that interning works across assemblies; so I'm stumped
>>> here.
>>>
>>> The earliest version of the framework that I have installed on my
>>> machine is 2.0, verified in Add or Remove Programs. I also have 3.0
>>> installed, if that makes a difference.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what's going on here?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dave Sexton
>>>
>>> "Jon Shemitz" <jon@midnightbeach.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4565F7B8.71B7A0BA@midnightbeach.com...
>>>> Morten Wennevik wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "" is easy to write, easy to read, and near impossible to
>>>>> misunderstand.
>>>>> It will however create an object where String.Empty would not, but the
>>>>> ""
>>>>> object is reused throughout the lifespawn of your application so the
>>>>> difference can therefore be ignored.
>>>>
>>>> I was surprised to read that "" will create an object where
>>>> String.Empty will not - surely String.Empty is just a static field
>>>> that points to an interned "" constant?
>>>>
>>>> Sure enough, Reflector shows that String.Empty is implemented as
>>>>
>>>> class string
>>>> {
>>>> static readonly string Empty = "";
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> ... yet the below code shows that while both "" and String.Empty are
>>>> interned, "" is not reference-equal to String.Empty. What gives? I
>>>> thought the intern table was maintained across assembly boundaries, so
>>>> it shouldn't matter that String.Empty comes from mscorlib.dll while ""
>>>> comes from the app assembly.
>>>>
>>>> //
>>>>
>>>> using System;
>>>>
>>>> namespace StringEmptyTest
>>>> {
>>>> class Program
>>>> {
>>>> static void Main(string[] args)
>>>> {
>>>> Console.WriteLine(Object.ReferenceEquals(String.Empty, ""));
>>>> Console.WriteLine(String.IsInterned("") != null);
>>>> Console.WriteLine(String.IsInterned(String.Empty) != null);
>>>> Console.ReadLine();
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> .NET 2.0 for Delphi Programmers
>>>> www.midnightbeach.com/.net
>>>> What you need to know.
>>>
>>>
>>
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