A sentence in `Record types equality` could be misleading

[Xulei-NL]

Type of issue

Typo

Description

Dear author,

In this section, the final summary sentence is As the preceding example shows, for reference-type members their reference values are compared, not the referenced instances..

I feel the description could be incorrect or misleading. For instance, string is a reference type but the string comparison is based on referenced instances (string instance data) rather than reference values (memory address of string).

If you agree with me on this, we perhaps could change it to As the preceding example shows, the equality of reference-type members is compared using their specific equality implementations.

Looking forward to your feedback.

Best regards,

Xulei

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/equality-operators

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/csharp/language-reference/operators/equality-operators.md

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Article author

@pkulikov

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[BillWagner]

Thanks @Xulei-NL

I like your proposed change. Do you want to submit a PR? If not, I'll add this to the backlog.

[Xulei-NL]

Dear Bill, I will make a PR then. Best regards / Van Hartelijke groeten, Xulei Liu

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[BillWagner]

Thanks @Xulei-NL I'll watch for a PR.