CLR via C# - 1. Type fundamentals

The address structure of the type object and type

Note:

1.  Every object on the heap requires some additional members—called  the type object pointer and the sync block index—used by the CLR to manage the  object .

 

2.  System.Object’s GetType method simply returns the address stored in the specified object’s type object pointer member . In other words, the GetType method returns a pointer to an object’s type object, and this is how you can determine the true type of any object in the system (including type objects) .