In this post, I thought it might be fun to create the world’s (nearly) shortest C# program and then deep dive into some of the fine details of what happens behind the scenes. This post is not intended to solve a real-world problem but I hope it’s well worth your time spent reading it. By […]
Tag: internals
How Does the StringBuilder Work in .NET? (Part 3)
Part Three: How Appending Works and the StringBuilder Expands So far in this series, we’ve learned when we should consider using StringBuilder in our code and learned about the memory overhead of using a StringBuilder. It’s now time to learn how the StringBuilder can “expand” its capacity and support appending string data efficiently. As with […]
How Does the StringBuilder Work in .NET? (Part 2)
Part Two: Understanding the Overhead of a StringBuilder To continue exploring how the StringBuilder works, we’ll shift focus and study its logical design. Today, we’ll start by looking at how the type is designed and the overhead involved with creating and using StringBuilder instances. If you missed part one of this series, I explained why […]