C# 0 The Complete Reference

PART I

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I n t e r f a c e s ,   S t r u c t u r e s ,   a n d   E n u m e r a t i o n s  

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PART IPART I

struct 

name

 : 

interfaces

 {

   // member declarations

}

The name of the structure is specified by 

name.

Structures cannot inherit other structures or classes or be used as a base for other 

structures or classes. (Of course, like all C# types, structures do inherit 

object

.) However, a 

structure can implement one or more interfaces. These are specified after the structure name 

using a comma-separated list. Like classes, structure members include methods, fields, 

indexers, properties, operator methods, and events. Structures can also define constructors, 

but not destructors. However, you cannot define a default (parameterless) constructor for a 

structure. The reason for this is that a default constructor is automatically defined for all 

structures, and this default constructor can’t be changed. The default constructor initializes 

the fields of a structure to their default value. Since structures do not support inheritance, 

structure members cannot be specified as