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Boxing and unboxing with generics

The .NET 1.0 way of creating collection of integers (for example) was: ArrayList list = new ArrayList(); list.Add(i); /* boxing */ int …

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C# non-boxing conversion of generic enum to int?

Given a generic parameter TEnum which always will be an enum type, is there any way to cast from TEnum …

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How do I get an IntStream from a List<Integer>?

I can think of two ways: public static IntStream foo(List<Integer> list) { return list.stream().mapToInt(Integer::…

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Compiler error : reference to call ambiguous

Case 1 static void call(Integer i) { System.out.println("hi" + i); } static void call(int i) { System.out.println("hello" + …

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Type Casting an Object using a "Type" Object in C#

This one has proven to be a little tricky for me so far. I am wondering if it is possible …

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Why are Python's arrays slow?

I expected array.array to be faster than lists, as arrays seem to be unboxed. However, I get the following …

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Structs, Interfaces and Boxing

Possible Duplicate: Is it safe for structs to implement interfaces? Take this code: interface ISomeInterface { public int SomeProperty { get; } } struct …

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Why does the assignment of a short variable to an Integer reference produce a compile time error?

I have the following code in Java : class Boxing { public static void main(String args[]) { short s = 10; Integer iRef = s; } } …

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Java signed zero and boxing

Lately I've written a project in Java and noticed a very strange feature with double/Double implementation. The double type …

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Cast Boxed Object back to Original Type

I expect there's one of two answers to this, either impossible or extremely simple and I've overlooked the obvious Google …

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