Positional parameters in records can create fields instead of properties

[BillWagner]

Type of issue

Missing information

Description

These declarations are both legal:

public record class C(int X)
{
    public int X = X; // effectively this.X = X
}

public record struct S(int X)
{
    public int X = X; // effectively this.X = X
}

This article only talks about "properties", which is the default for a record's primary constructor parameter. It should include how to create a public field as well.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/record

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/record.md

Document Version Independent Id

de1f383b-ef20-4776-57a8-04edae892166

Article author

@BillWagner

Metadata

• ID: 20818c64-4ad8-fb15-5d79-e7f98614e9c4
• Service: dotnet-csharp
• Sub-service: lang-reference

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