Declaring variables as 'new' in C++ CLR - Heap or GCHeap?

[Will5801]

// IN C++ /clr // BOXED VALUE TYPE ON GC HEAP int ^ gc_i = gcnew int;           // WHAT EXACTLY IS THE STORAGE TYPE FOR THIS int ? int * i = new int; *i = 5; // PRESUMABLY ON THE UNMANAGED HEAP, BUT HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN FOR INT? // DOESN'T INT ALWAYS MAP TO System.Int32? // OR DOES THE COMPILER GIVE US A NATIVE INT INSTEAD, TO PLACE ON THE UNMANGED HEAP?

[Mark Salsbery]

Will5801 wrote:

// WHAT EXACTLY IS THE STORAGE TYPE FOR THIS int ?

That's a native int on the CRT heap.

Will5801 wrote:

// PRESUMABLY ON THE UNMANAGED HEAP, BUT HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN FOR INT? // DOESN'T INT ALWAYS MAP TO System.Int32?

You're using int in the native context (*, new) so the compiler can infer what int to use....the native one in this case.

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java: