What is the difference between a class and a structure?
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04-Sep-2014
Sumit Kesarwani
04-Sep-2014Class:
A class is a reference type.
While instantiating a class, CLR allocates memory for its instance in heap.
Classes support inheritance.
Variables of a class can be assigned as null.
Class can contain constructor/destructor.
Structure:
A structure is a value type.
In structure, memory is allocated on stack.
Structures do not support inheritance.
Structure members cannot have null values.
Structure does not require constructor/destructor and members can be initialiazed automatically.