C#

Michael P Butler wrote:

What is wrong with the above code?

BoneSoft wrote:

With the minor exception that ValueType is an actual type that structs extend.

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using(BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(new FileStream("myfile.bin", FileMode.Open)))
{
	string firstname = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(reader.ReadBytes(80)).Replace("\0", "");
	string lastname = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(reader.ReadBytes(80)).Replace("\0", "");
}

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace ConsoleApplication22
{
	class Class1
	{
		[STAThread]
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			Test t;
			t.firstname = "Hello".ToCharArray();
			t.lastname = "World".ToCharArray();

			// Serialize
			using(FileStream fs = new FileStream("test.bin", FileMode.Create))
			{
				BinaryFormatter b = new BinaryFormatter();
				b.Serialize(fs, t);
			}

			// Deserialize
			using(FileStream fs = new FileStream("test.bin", FileMode.Open))
			{
				BinaryFormatter b = new BinaryFormatter();
				Test newt = (Test)b.Deserialize(fs);
			}
		}
	}

	[Serializable]
	struct Test
	{
		public char[] firstname;
		public char[] lastname;
	}
}