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Avoid primary constructors in C# (for now)
Published by marco on
tl;dr: avoid C# 12's primary constructors for classes except for very small, simple classes, in which case you should consider using a
record instead.The following video discusses the downsides of the current implementation of primary constructors:
The C# 12 Feature You Shouldn’t Use, Yet by Nick Chapsas (YouTube)
To sum up:
- Primary constructors don’t have a
readonlybacking field; you can still assign to it within the type. - You can’t control the visibility of the generated property or backing field.
- You can’t throw exceptions, except in a... [More]