In the Dispose(bool) method implementation, Shouldn't one set members to null?

Question

None of the guides/notes/articles that discuss IDisposable pattern suggest that one should set the internal members to null in the Dispose(bo

Answer 1

Well, generally, it's not going to make a difference. The only place where it will make a difference is when you have a reference to an object on the Large Object Heap, the behavior of which you have seen already).

There is a good article on the LOH which goes into this in more detail here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc534993.aspx