Explore the boundary · REL02
Change one use of the reference. Watch which representation survives the call, then compare the measured allocation.
Actual workload body
A model of the inspected code, not a memory trace.
Current-thread counter, synchronous work
Zero measured bytes does not establish zero cost.
Executed 12 Nov 2026. Same net10.0 DLL; 2 processes, 14 samples × 200,000 operations per case/runtime. x64 Windows, shared AMD EPYC 7502P host, workstation GC, tiering off. Times include the call path and loop; sample ranges are not request percentiles. Source: REL02 laboratory and measurements/summary.json.