Struct initialization and default values – this access

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Type of issue

Typo

Description

From https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/struct#struct-initialization-and-default-values

If this is accessed before all fields are assigned, the struct is initialized to the default value before the constructor body executes.

This is unclear. One can obtain struct by new or default. Trying to use only declared struct results in Compiler Error CS0170.

So if accessing: default struct, all fields are 0-bit patterned; new struct, all fields are set by ctor body. In either case all fields have some "good" value. Also expecting some ctor run after sole initialization implies using different struct second time.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/struct#struct-initialization-and-default-values

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/struct.md

Document Version Independent Id

0960802e-80c3-cb56-cb8b-ab1f1b20fb4e

Article author

@BillWagner

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