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using System;
namespace Pfz
{
/// <summary>
/// A class that simple "box" any value type.
/// Sometimes I use this when I need to change single instances of integers and longs.
/// Also, this is useful to simulate any "ref" parameter, if you can't really count
/// with a ref parameter.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the value to "box" inside a class.</typeparam>
public class Box<T>:
IEquatable<Box<T>>
{
/// <summary>
/// Default constructor.
/// </summary>
public Box()
{
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes the box with the given value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value to initialize the box.</param>
public Box(T value)
{
Value = value;
}
/// <summary>
/// The boxed value. Used as a direct field so you can pass it when a ref is needed.
/// </summary>
public T Value;
/// <summary>
/// Compares this box with a value or another box.
/// </summary>
public override bool Equals(object obj)
{
if (obj is T)
return object.Equals(Value, obj);
Box<T> other = obj as Box<T>;
if (other != null)
return Equals(other);
return base.Equals(obj);
}
/// <summary>
/// Compares this box with another box.
/// </summary>
public bool Equals(Box<T> other)
{
return object.Equals(Value, other.Value);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the hashcode of the value or, if it is null, returns 0.
/// </summary>
public override int GetHashCode()
{
if (Value == null)
return 0;
return Value.GetHashCode();
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the ToString of the value held.
/// </summary>
public override string ToString()
{
if (Value == null)
return null;
return Value.ToString();
}
}
}
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I started to program computers when I was 11 years old, as a hobbyist, programming in AMOS Basic and Blitz Basic for Amiga.
At 12 I had my first try with assembler, but it was too difficult at the time. Then, in the same year, I learned C and, after learning C, I was finally able to learn assembler (for Motorola 680x0).
Not sure, but probably between 12 and 13, I started to learn C++. I always programmed "in an object oriented way", but using function pointers instead of virtual methods.
At 15 I started to learn Pascal at school and to use Delphi. At 16 I started my first internship (using Delphi). At 18 I started to work professionally using C++ and since then I've developed my programming skills as a professional developer in C++ and C#, generally creating libraries that help other developers do their work easier, faster and with less errors.
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Codeproject MVP 2012, 2015 & 2016
Microsoft MVP 2013-2014 (in October 2014 I started working at Microsoft, so I can't be a Microsoft MVP anymore).