Guid Constructor

I would say that it more likely to be because each of the
current
constructors initialise the Guid to a specific known value
and it would
perhaps be odd to have another constructor that initialises
a new Guid
instance to an arbitrary random value. That default
constructor would
seem like the odd one out, by not fitting the pattern.

So I expect that made them choose to have a static method to
create a
random Guid value, and save the constructors for creating
Guids with
known values.

Just my 2p worth

Ian

-----Original Message-----
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RDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM] On Behalf Of Brady
Kelly
Sent: 14 December 2006 11:07
To: DOTNET-CLRDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-CLR] Guid Constructor

I'm not complaining about having to use NewGuid, just
curious.  You do
have
a point with the zero-initialised GUID though.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of development on the .NET platform
using any managed
> language [mailtoOTNET-CL
RDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM] On Behalf Of Stoyan
> Damov
> Sent: 14 December 2006 01:00 PM
> To: DOTNET-CLRDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-CLR] Guid Constructor
>
> Actually, I'm sure if you ask a lot of people, many of
them will think
> that a default ctor should create a zero-initialized
guid 
> Guid.NewGuid is easy for reading and certainly not that
much of a
> typing.
>
> On 12/14/06, Brady Kelly <bradychasesoftware.co.za> wrote:
> > Why do I have to use the Guid.NewGuid static
method to create a new,
> random
> > Guid?  A default, parameterless constructor seems
an ideal means to
do
> this.
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