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by wvenable 620 days ago
> Primary constructors are a very poorly designed feature that for some reason was added in the last version.

I upgraded to .NET 8 recently and I love primary constructors. I don't use them everywhere but they are great for dependency injection or for small classes.
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terandle 620 days ago
Beware the footguns!

https://mareks-082.medium.com/dark-side-of-the-primary-const...

Let's just say they could have done a much better job on it. It feels rushed and haphazard for such a mature language.

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wvenable 620 days ago
It doesn't seem that bad -- the lack of readonly would be my only concern out of that article and one I didn't actually consider.

I think, as a feature, this is sort of the MVP. They could have done a better job of it by adding more to it (e.g. maybe allow the readonly modifier on the constructor properties). It's hard to imagine them being able to take anything away from primary constructors that would make it better.

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