csharplang/spec/classes.md

Classes

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• Classes
  • Class declarations
    • Class modifiers
      • Abstract classes
      • Sealed classes
      • Static classes
    • Partial modifier
    • Type parameters
    • Class base specification
      • Base classes
      • Interface implementations
    • Type parameter constraints
    • Class body
  • Partial types - Note that the following headings (except partial methods) don't exist in the standard. The text is all contained in this section.
    • Attributes
    • Modifiers
    • Type parameters and constraints
    • Base class
    • Base interfaces
    • Members
    • Partial methods
    • Name binding
  • Class members
    • The instance type
    • Members of constructed types
    • Inheritance
    • The new modifier
    • Access modifiers
    • Constituent types
    • Static and instance members
    • Nested types
      • Fully qualified name
      • Declared accessibility
      • Hiding
      • this access
      • Access to private and protected members of the containing type
      • Nested types in generic classes
    • Reserved member names
      • Member names reserved for properties
      • Member names reserved for events
      • Member names reserved for indexers
      • Member names reserved for destructors
  • Constants
  • Fields
    • Static and instance fields
    • Readonly fields
      • Using static readonly fields for constants
      • Versioning of constants and static readonly fields
    • Volatile fields
    • Field initialization
    • Variable initializers
      • Static field initialization
      • Instance field initialization
  • Methods
    • Method parameters
      • Value parameters
      • Reference parameters
      • Output parameters
      • Parameter arrays
    • Static and instance methods
    • Virtual methods
    • Override methods
    • Sealed methods
    • Abstract methods
    • External methods
    • Partial methods (recap)
    • Extension methods
    • Method body
    • Method overloading
  • Properties
    • Static and instance properties
    • Accessors
    • Automatically implemented properties
    • Accessibility
    • Virtual, sealed, override, and abstract property accessors
  • Events
    • Field-like events
    • Event accessors
    • Static and instance events
    • Virtual, sealed, override, and abstract event accessors
  • Indexers
    • Indexer overloading
  • Operators
    • Unary operators
    • Binary operators
    • Conversion operators
  • Instance constructors
    • Constructor initializers
    • Instance variable initializers
    • Constructor execution
    • Default constructors
    • Private constructors
    • Optional instance constructor parameters
  • Static constructors
  • Destructors
  • Iterators
    • Enumerator interfaces
    • Enumerable interfaces
    • Yield type
    • Enumerator objects
      • The MoveNext method
      • The Current property
      • The Dispose method
    • Enumerable objects
      • The GetEnumerator method
    • Implementation example
  • Async functions
    • Evaluation of a task-returning async function
    • Evaluation of a void-returning async function