http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/128088-Passing-around-object-references/Passing around object referenceshttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/128088-Passing-around-object-references/en-usSun, 30 Oct 2005 18:24:16 GMTSun, 30 Oct 2005 18:24:16 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3243.35083, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)Yes, you're only passing a pointer around.<br /><br />In .NET, things like classes and arrays are "reference types".&nbsp; That is, if you do something like:<br /><br />myclass&nbsp;Foo = new myclass();<br />myclass Bar;<br />Bar = Foo;<br /><br />Variable Bar will only contain a <strong>reference </strong>to Foo, and not a copy of Foo.&nbsp; Anything you do to Bar will be reflected upon in Foo.<br />This came back to bite me with arrays once.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/128088-Passing-around-object-references/?CommentID=128150Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:24:16 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/128088-Passing-around-object-references/?CommentID=1281500http://channel9.msdn.com/128150/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Yes, you're only passing a pointer around.In .NET, things like classes and arrays are "reference types".&nbsp; That is, if you do something like:myclass&nbsp;Foo = new myclass();myclass Bar;Bar = Foo;Variable Bar will only contain a reference to Foo, and not a copy of Foo.&nbsp; Anything you do to&#8230;DoomBringer0http://channel9.msdn.com/128150/Trackback.aspxYes, you're right. Only a reference of 4 bytes (8 bytes on 64-bit .NET) is passed as an argument.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/128088-Passing-around-object-references/?CommentID=128091Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:29:51 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/128088-Passing-around-object-references/?CommentID=1280910http://channel9.msdn.com/128091/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Yes, you're right. Only a reference of 4 bytes (8 bytes on 64-bit .NET) is passed as an argument.TommyCarlier0http://channel9.msdn.com/128091/Trackback.aspx