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Can a struct be derived from a class in c#?
If not, Why can primitive data types, such as int, be derived from the class object? Since the data type int is basically a struct type(value type).
Is this just an exception to the rule?
Integers and other value types (e.g. bool) are objects, because it allows them to leverage inheritance (i.e. they have access to the common
.Equals(),.GetType(),.ToString()functions).It’s a design decision in the .NET framework. Rather than writing separate functions for all the value types under System.ValueType, they use a common code base.
Microsof’s document on Types