10.4.4 Field initialization
Visual Studio .NET 2003
The initial value of a field, whether it be a static field or an instance field, is the default value (Section 5.2) of the field's type. It is not possible to observe the value of a field before this default initialization has occurred, and a field is thus never "uninitialized". The example
using System;
class Test
{
static bool b;
int i;
static void Main() {
Test t = new Test();
Console.WriteLine("b = {0}, i = {1}", b, t.i);
}
}
produces the output
b = False, i = 0
because b and i are both automatically initialized to default values.
