Re: I think C# is forcing us to write more (redundant) code

Bob Powell [MVP] <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Creation and assignment of variables is essentially the same for VB and C#.
> Value types are assigned their normal default values. For example you don't
> have to explicitly write:
>
> int x = new int(12);
>
> and if you just use "int x;" then x contains zero.
>
> Reference types are assigned null by the framework too.

No, that's not true for local variables. Local variables aren't
assigned to anything by default, and can't be read until they've been
definitely assigned.

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