Talk:Boxing (computer programming): Difference between revisions

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:Shouldn't the solution be to rewrite the article so to include more general discussion? Boxing is simply an example. The concept is more general. -- [[User:TakuyaMurata|Taku]] ([[User talk:TakuyaMurata|talk]]) 19:57, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

:: [[Object type]] should normally redirect to [[Object (computer science)]] where the notion should be defined in context. Except that article is a mess because it tries to do [[Object-oriented programming]] [[WP:ADVOCACY|advocacy]] instead of focusing on the technical matters. The other reason I made that ridiculous dab is the uncited definition given in this article and the (IMO, unjustifiably general) name this article had.

:: Boxing/unboxing/autoboxing are issues in the [[:Category:Programming_language_implementation|implementation]] of [[object oriented programming language]]s. These aren't issues of how objects are implemented, but of how [[primitive types]] ''relate'' to objects; in some languages like Ruby (or Scala IIRC), all primitive types are objects.

:: So, I think the best solution is to rename this article to [[Boxing, unboxing and autoboxing]] and add a [[WP:SUMMARY]] of this at [[primitive types]] and at [[object (computer science)]]. [[User:Pohta ce-am pohtit|Pcap]] [[User_talk:Pohta ce-am pohtit|<small>ping</small>]] 07:01, 27 August 2009 (UTC)