boxing reference type?

[Sharon]

when a reference type is stored in say hashtable.
is it converted to an object type and is it also considered boxing although
the object was not a value type?
10x.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

when a reference type is stored in say hashtable.
is it converted to an object type and is it also considered boxing although
the object was not a value type?

No. No boxing occurs at all.

 

[Sharon]

Just casting then?

No. No boxing occurs at all.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Just casting then?

Well, just using the implicit conversion from one reference type to
another, where the destination type is in the inheritence hierarchy of
the source type, as it were.