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# [Decompiling nullable reference types: where string? actually lives in the metadata](https://delta1labs.hashnode.dev/decompiling-nullable-reference-types-where-string-actually-lives-in-the-metadata?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Ask the runtime what the type of a string? property is and it will tell you System.String. Ask it about a string property and it will say the same. There is one TypeRef for System.String in the assemb

1d ago · 12 min read · delta1labs.hashnode.dev  
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