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Struct with “main method” as an entry point

7 Nov 2019 ***********.NET, .NET Core, C #

Have you ever thought about the most basic structure of an application? Themain methodand its placement inProgramclass…

Today as I was creating yet another console app to test something (boxing of structs, in case you’d like to ask) I looked at theclass Programpiece and tried to rewrite it tostruct. Just to try it. Would it work? Given themaindoes not even have to bepublicand it’sstatic, which works forstruct, it probably should, right?

struct Program { static void Main (string [] args) { Console.WriteLine ("Hello struct!"); } }

Trying to compile this simple piece of code works like a charm. Are you asking what this might be useful for? I don’t have an answer. I think it does not have any real useful application. But this made me look up“specification” of whatmain methodshould look like, at least.

Jiří Činčura is an independent developer focusing on data and business layers, language constructs, parallelism and databases. Specifically Entity Framework, asynchronous and parallel programming, cloud and Azure. He’s Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and you can read his articles, guides, tips and tricks at www.tabsoverspaces.com.