Are .NET resource file strings interned?

Question

When I use a .resx file to store fixed string values (to be bound to controls on an .aspx page), are these strings interned?

I presume the compiler reads in the strings from the XML file and replaces them as literals in the code, and therefore they become interned.

Is this correct?

Companionate

What does string.IsInterned(example) return? – Carnation

I don't mean they are replaced as literals, actually, I don't know what happens, I'm just assuming they are injected as strings at compile-time, as they are not run-time changable, as I understand it. – Companionate

Answer 1

@Marc- good point. I tried it and the answer is, 'no', they're not interned, at least for the GetGlobalResourceObject() method, so I assume the same for local resources.

So, now I wonder why. Resources are meant to be constants and they are frequently used, so I would have thought interning makes sense.

Obviously, they're not literals, as they must be loaded from the XML resources file, but that shouldn't matter, should it?

Companionate