C# in Depth

Core foundations:building on C# 1This chapter covers■■■DelegatesType system characteristicsValue/reference typesThis is not a refresher on the whole of C# 1. Let’s get that out of the way immediately.I couldn’t do justice to any topic in C# if I had to cover the whole of the firstversion in a single chapter. I’ve written this book assuming that all my readers are atleast reasonably competent in C# 1. What counts as “reasonably competent” is, ofcourse, a somewhat subjective matter, but I’ll assume you would at least be happy towalk into an interview for a junior C# developer role and answer technical questionsappropriate to that job. My expectation is that many readers will have moreexperience, but that’s the level of knowledge I’m assuming.In this chapter we’re going to focus on three areas of C# 1 that are particularlyimportant for C# 2 and 3. This should raise the “lowest common denominator” a little,so that I can make slightly greater assumptions later on in the book. Given thatit is a lowest common denominator, you may well find you already have a perfect32Licensed to Rhona Hadida