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C# Language Specification
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__Version 6__
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This is an unofficial draft, posted here for convenience. When we submit a C# 6.0 spec proposal to ECMA, it will be shared here.
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* [Introduction](introduction.md)
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* [Hello world](introduction.md#hello-world)
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* [Program structure](introduction.md#program-structure)
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* [Types and variables](introduction.md#types-and-variables)
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* [Expressions](introduction.md#expressions)
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* [Statements](introduction.md#statements)
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* [Classes and objects](introduction.md#classes-and-objects)
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* [Lexical structure](lexical-structure.md)
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* [Programs](lexical-structure.md#programs)
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* [Grammars](lexical-structure.md#grammars)
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* [Lexical analysis](lexical-structure.md#lexical-analysis)
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* [Tokens](lexical-structure.md#tokens)
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* [Pre-processing directives](lexical-structure.md#pre-processing-directives)
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* [Basic concepts](basic-concepts.md)
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* [Application Startup](basic-concepts.md#application-startup)
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* [Application termination](basic-concepts.md#application-termination)
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* [Declarations](basic-concepts.md#declarations)
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* [Members](basic-concepts.md#members)
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* [Member access](basic-concepts.md#member-access)
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* [Signatures and overloading](basic-concepts.md#signatures-and-overloading)
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* [Scopes](basic-concepts.md#scopes)
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* [Namespace and type names](basic-concepts.md#namespace-and-type-names)
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* [Automatic memory management](basic-concepts.md#automatic-memory-management)
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* [Execution order](basic-concepts.md#execution-order)
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* [Types](types.md)
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* [Value types](types.md#value-types)
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* [Reference types](types.md#reference-types)
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* [Boxing and unboxing](types.md#boxing-and-unboxing)
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* [Constructed types](types.md#constructed-types)
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* [Type parameters](types.md#type-parameters)
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* [Expression tree types](types.md#expression-tree-types)
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* [The dynamic type](types.md#the-dynamic-type)
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* [Variables](variables.md)
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* [Variable categories](variables.md#variable-categories)
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* [Default values](variables.md#default-values)
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* [Definite assignment](variables.md#definite-assignment)
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* [Variable references](variables.md#variable-references)
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* [Atomicity of variable references](variables.md#atomicity-of-variable-references)
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* [Conversions](conversions.md)
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* [Implicit conversions](conversions.md#implicit-conversions)
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* [Explicit conversions](conversions.md#explicit-conversions)
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* [Standard conversions](conversions.md#standard-conversions)
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* [User-defined conversions](conversions.md#user-defined-conversions)
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* [Anonymous function conversions](conversions.md#anonymous-function-conversions)
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* [Method group conversions](conversions.md#method-group-conversions)
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* [Expressions](expressions.md)
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* [Expression classifications](expressions.md#expression-classification)
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* [Static and Dynamic Binding](expressions.md#static-and-dynamic-binding)
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* [Operators](expressions.md#operators)
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* [Member lookup](expressions.md#member-lookup)
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* [Function members](expressions.md#function-members)
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* [Primary expressions](expressions.md#primary-expressions)
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* [Unary operators](expressions.md#unary-operators)
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* [Arithmetic operators](expressions.md#arithmetic-operators)
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* [Shift operators](expressions.md#shift-operators)
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* [Relational and type-testing operators](expressions.md#relational-and-type-testing-operators)
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* [Logical operators](expressions.md#logical-operators)
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* [Conditional logical operators](expressions.md#conditional-logical-operators)
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* [The null coalescing operator](expressions.md#the-null-coalescing-operator)
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* [Conditional operator](expressions.md#conditional-operator)
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* [Anonymous function expressions](expressions.md#anonymous-function-expressions)
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* [Query expressions](expressions.md#query-expressions)
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* [Assignment operators](expressions.md#assignment-operators)
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* [Expression](expressions.md#expression)
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* [Constant expressions](expressions.md#constant-expressions)
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* [Boolean expressions](expressions.md#boolean-expressions)
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* [Statements](statements.md)
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* [End points and reachability](statements.md#end-points-and-reachability)
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* [Blocks](statements.md#blocks)
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* [The empty statement](statements.md#the-empty-statement)
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* [Labeled statements](statements.md#labeled-statements)
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* [Declaration statements](statements.md#declaration-statements)
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* [Expression statements](statements.md#expression-statements)
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* [Selection statements](statements.md#selection-statements)
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* [Iteration statements](statements.md#iteration-statements)
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* [Jump statements](statements.md#jump-statements)
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* [The try statement](statements.md#the-try-statement)
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* [The checked and unchecked statements](statements.md#the-checked-and-unchecked-statements)
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* [The lock statement](statements.md#the-lock-statement)
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* [The using statement](statements.md#the-using-statement)
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* [The yield statement](statements.md#the-yield-statement)
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* [Namespaces](namespaces.md)
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* [Compilation units](namespaces.md#compilation-units)
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* [Namespace declarations](namespaces.md#namespace-declarations)
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* [Extern aliases](namespaces.md#extern-aliases)
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* [Using directives](namespaces.md#using-directives)
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* [Namespace members](namespaces.md#namespace-members)
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* [Type declarations](namespaces.md#type-declarations)
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* [Namespace alias qualifiers](namespaces.md#namespace-alias-qualifiers)
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* [Classes](classes.md)
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* [Class declarations](classes.md#class-declarations)
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* [Partial types](classes.md#partial-types)
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* [Class members](classes.md#class-members)
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* [Constants](classes.md#constants)
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* [Fields](classes.md#fields)
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* [Methods](classes.md#methods)
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* [Properties](classes.md#properties)
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* [Events](classes.md#events)
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* [Indexers](classes.md#indexers)
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* [Operators](classes.md#operators)
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* [Instance constructors](classes.md#instance-constructors)
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* [Static constructors](classes.md#static-constructors)
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* [Destructors](classes.md#destructors)
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* [Iterators](classes.md#iterators)
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* [Async functions](classes.md#async-functions)
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* [Structs](structs.md)
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* [Struct declarations](structs.md#struct-declarations)
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* [Struct members](structs.md#struct-members)
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* [Class and struct differences](structs.md#class-and-struct-differences)
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* [Struct examples](structs.md#struct-examples)
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* [Arrays](arrays.md)
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* [Array types](arrays.md#array-types)
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* [Array creation](arrays.md#array-creation)
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* [Array element access](arrays.md#array-element-access)
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* [Array members](arrays.md#array-members)
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* [Array covariance](arrays.md#array-covariance)
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* [Array initializers](arrays.md#array-initializers)
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* [Interfaces](interfaces.md)
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* [Interface declarations](interfaces.md#interface-declarations)
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* [Interface members](interfaces.md#interface-members)
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* [Fully qualified interface member names](interfaces.md#fully-qualified-interface-member-names)
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* [Interface implementations](interfaces.md#interface-implementations)
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* [Enums](enums.md)
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* [Enum declarations](enums.md#enum-declarations)
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* [Enum modifiers](enums.md#enum-modifiers)
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* [Enum members](enums.md#enum-members)
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* [The System.Enum type](enums.md#the-systemenum-type)
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* [Enum values and operations](enums.md#enum-values-and-operations)
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* [Delegates](delegates.md)
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* [Delegate declarations](delegates.md#delegate-declarations)
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* [Delegate compatibility](delegates.md#delegate-compatibility)
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* [Delegate instantiation](delegates.md#delegate-instantiation)
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* [Delegate invocation](delegates.md#delegate-invocation)
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* [Exceptions](exceptions.md)
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* [Causes of exceptions](exceptions.md#causes-of-exceptions)
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* [The System.Exception class](exceptions.md#the-systemexception-class)
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* [How exceptions are handled](exceptions.md#how-exceptions-are-handled)
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* [Common Exception Classes](exceptions.md#common-exception-classes)
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* [Attributes](attributes.md)
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* [Attribute classes](attributes.md#attribute-classes)
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* [Attribute specification](attributes.md#attribute-specification)
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* [Attribute instances](attributes.md#attribute-instances)
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* [Reserved attributes](attributes.md#reserved-attributes)
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* [Attributes for Interoperation](attributes.md#attributes-for-interoperation)
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* [Unsafe code](unsafe-code.md)
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* [Unsafe contexts](unsafe-code.md#unsafe-contexts)
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* [Pointer types](unsafe-code.md#pointer-types)
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* [Fixed and moveable variables](unsafe-code.md#fixed-and-moveable-variables)
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* [Pointer conversions](unsafe-code.md#pointer-conversions)
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* [Pointers in expressions](unsafe-code.md#pointers-in-expressions)
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* [The fixed statement](unsafe-code.md#the-fixed-statement)
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* [Fixed size buffers](unsafe-code.md#fixed-size-buffers)
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* [Stack allocation](unsafe-code.md#stack-allocation)
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* [Dynamic memory allocation](unsafe-code.md#dynamic-memory-allocation)
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* [Documentation comments](documentation-comments.md)
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* [Introduction](documentation-comments.md#introduction)
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* [Recommended tags](documentation-comments.md#recommended-tags)
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* [Processing the documentation file](documentation-comments.md#processing-the-documentation-file)
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* [An example](documentation-comments.md#an-example)
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