private const string s = "" yields null?

[Miha Markic]

Hi,

Did anybody notice that the following declaration of a member const

public class Tubo
{
private string const def = "";
}

is alyways null instead of empty string ("")?

Is this a bug or feature or something else?

Thanks,
Miha
miham at spin dot si

[Miha Markic]

Re: private const string s = "" yields null?

Duh, it is only the debugger reporting it as null.
It is correctly set to "".

Miha

"Miha Markic" <msdn@spin.si > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Did anybody notice that the following declaration of a member const
>
> public class Tubo
> {
> private string const def = "";
> }
>
> is alyways null instead of empty string ("")?
>
> Is this a bug or feature or something else?
>
> Thanks,
> Miha
> miham at spin dot si
>
>[/color]

[William Ryan]

Re: private const string s = &quot;&quot; yields null?

string.Empty is the preferred way to do it but "" will work as well
"Miha Markic" <msdn@spin.si > wrote in message
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> Duh, it is only the debugger reporting it as null.
> It is correctly set to "".
>
> Miha
>
> "Miha Markic" <msdn@spin.si > wrote in message
> news:usKfEZjlDH A.2328@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > Hi,
> >
> > Did anybody notice that the following declaration of a member const
> >
> > public class Tubo
> > {
> > private string const def = "";
> > }
> >
> > is alyways null instead of empty string ("")?
> >
> > Is this a bug or feature or something else?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Miha
> > miham at spin dot si
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

[Miha Markic]

Re: private const string s = &quot;&quot; yields null?

Hi William,

string.Empty won't work for constant declaration.

Miha

"William Ryan" <dotnetguru@nos pam.comcast.net > wrote in message
news:Oe%23xdcll DHA.1708@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> string.Empty is the preferred way to do it but "" will work as well
> "Miha Markic" <msdn@spin.si > wrote in message
> news:enyfScjlDH A.2404@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > Duh, it is only the debugger reporting it as null.
> > It is correctly set to "".
> >
> > Miha
> >
> > "Miha Markic" <msdn@spin.si > wrote in message
> > news:usKfEZjlDH A.2328@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Did anybody notice that the following declaration of a member const
> > >
> > > public class Tubo
> > > {
> > > private string const def = "";
> > > }
> > >
> > > is alyways null instead of empty string ("")?
> > >
> > > Is this a bug or feature or something else?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Miha
> > > miham at spin dot si
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]