Boxing and unboxing when using out and ref parameters
Does boxing/unboxing occur when a method accepts an out/ref parameter of a ValueType? For ref Keyword Its already mentioned on MSDN that : Do not confuse the concept of passing by reference with the concept of reference types. The two concepts are not the same. A method parameter can be modified by ref regardless of whether it is a value type or a reference type. There is no boxing of a value type when it is passed by reference. As for out keyword: The out keyword causes arguments to be passed by reference . This is like the ref keyword, except that ref requires that the variable be