Re: [DotGNU] fxcop

[Earnie Boyd]

Gopal V wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  
>
> > Forgive my stupidity but ... How is a defined?
> >    
>
> 'a' is a String .. which is where this discussion
>  
A String and not a pointer to String object?  So, a.Length should always 
have a valid location in memory?  Or is this how C# is different than C++?


> Since short circuited logical expressions came with
> C , everybody assumes that a != null && a.Length == 0
> will not throw a null ref exception, but that may
> not always be the case in *all* languages. But in C#
> it is.
>
>  
Yes I'm familiar with the short circuit but is it really needed in this 
case?  Being that a is not a pointer to a String object.

Earnie

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