In C# 5 and earlier, to give auto implemented properties an initial value, you have to do it in a constructor. Since C# 6.0, you can specify initial value in-line. The syntax is: public int X { get; set; } = x; // C# 6 or higher DefaultValueAttribute is intended to be used by the … Read more
Yes, it is possible: public class Foo { private int x; public Foo() { this(1); } public Foo(int x) { this.x = x; } } To chain to a particular superclass constructor instead of one in the same class, use super instead of this. Note that you can only chain to one constructor, and it … Read more
The compiler is allowed to make one implicit conversion to resolve the parameters to a function. What this means is that the compiler can use constructors callable with a single parameter to convert from one type to another in order to get the right type for a parameter. Here’s an example class with a constructor … Read more