Neal Gafter

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@Richiban It is unlikely that we would consider adopting something analogous to Java's "[blank final](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_(Java)#Blank_final)" variables or definite unassignment rules. A readonly local would have to be initialized at the...

This is a "proposal issue" because we need to add a proposal/spec to the repo.

Specification in progress at https://github.com/dotnet/csharpstandard/pull/65

> ``` c# > void M(params string[] args) {} > M(null); // OK args = new string[] { null } > ``` That is not how it works. A method...

> The semicolon is its own statement. So you need to step through it. And the solution is to add yet another statement (that you'd have to step through)?

Specification in progress at https://github.com/dotnet/csharpstandard/pull/262

This is a "proposal issue" because we need to add a proposal/spec to the repo.

Specification in progress at https://github.com/dotnet/csharpstandard/pull/548.

We probably would want to do this either before or at the same time as https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/287

This proposal has been approved by the LDM for the next opportunity after C# 8.0 (resources permitting).