?? Ref parameters are not garbage collected ??

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Filippo

I was told that if you pass a "ref param", the garbage collector does keep a
reference and therefore you need to dispose by yourself of the object
itself.

Is that true ?

Filippo
 
Filippo said:
I was told that if you pass a "ref param", the garbage collector does keep a
reference and therefore you need to dispose by yourself of the object
itself.
Is that true ?
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The 'ref' keyword indicates to the compiler that - instead of a pointer to a
class - it should pass a pointer to a pointer to a class. That's all; it has
no impact on [the lack of] garbage collection. So no, even if you pass a
class by ref, it will still be automatically garbage collected if it isn't
reachable anymore from your code.

Regards,
Pieter Philippaerts
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