C++/CLI Quick Comparison with C#

• C++/CLI language features.
• .NET C++/CLI
• A first look at C++/CLI
• Writing Code in a Natural Way with C++/CLI - Good comparison of C++ CLI with Managed C++ and c#
• C++/CLI in Action: Declaring CLR types
• C++/CLI Properties - Syntactic sugar for accessor methods
• C++: The Most Powerful Language for .NET Framework Programming - I copied the following table from this link.

The following table provides a summary of the most common constructs for quick reference.

Description	C++/CLI	C#
Allocate reference type	ReferenceType^ h = gcnew ReferenceType;	ReferenceType h = new ReferenceType();
Null reference	ReferenceType^ h = nullptr;	ReferenceType h = null;
Allocate value type	ValueType v(3, 4);	ValueType v = new ValueType(3, 4);
Reference type, stack semantics	ReferenceType h;	N/A
Calling Dispose method	ReferenceType^ h = gcnew ReferenceType; delete h;	ReferenceType h = new ReferenceType(); ((IDisposable)h).Dispose();
Implementing Dispose method	~TypeName() {}	void IDisposable.Dispose() {}
Implementing Finalize method	!TypeName() {}	~TypeName() {}
Boxing	int^ h = 123;	object h = 123;
Unboxing	int^ hi = 123; int c = *hi;	object h = 123; int i = (int) h;
Reference type definition	ref class ReferenceType {}; ref struct ReferenceType {};	class ReferenceType {}
Value type definition	value class ValueType {}; value struct ValueType {};	struct ValueType {}
Using properties	h.Prop = 123; int v = h.Prop;	h.Prop = 123; int v = h.Prop;
Property definition	property String^ Name { String^ get() { return m_value; } void set(String^ value) { m_value = value; } }	string Name { get { return m_name; } set { m_name = value; } }
Exposing an event	TODO	// expose the event event System::EventHandler^ OnEventOccurrance; //Fire the event if (OnEventOccurrance != nullptr) { OnEventOccurrance(this, gcnew System::EventArgs()); }
Simple type methods, double example	double.IsNaN(someDouble); double.NaN;	System::Double::IsNaN(someDouble) System::Double::NaN