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Virtual member call in a constructor

In C#, is it safe to call virtual method from constructor? What does the language specification say? Please quote from the spec as well. By safe, I mean would it call the implementation of the derived class?

This doubt exists in my mind, because in C++, it is not safe to call virtual function from constructor.

Answer 1

You can do it, but you shouldn’t. I think C# even gives you a warning for it.

It becomes very dangerous when the function has been overridden by a derived class, because you’re now calling into that function before the derived class’s constructor has been called.