Channel 9 Forums - Tech Off - FxCop vs Static Constructors http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Tech Off - FxCop vs Static Constructors http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Tue, 21 May 2013 23:42:52 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 23:42:52 GMT Rev9 4 -4 -1 Tech Off - FxCop vs Static Constructors Hi All,

FxCop displays particular vehemence towards static constructors: it actually displays vehemence towards a lot of things but time is short. The argument proposed by the FxCop documentation is that, "Initializing static data in explicit static constructors results in less performant code.", which is fair enough. But what if the static constructor is being used for more then just initialising static data?

For example I use a static logging class and initialise the logger in the static constructor. The logger is thread safe and I prefer to have a one stop shop for logging to make it for application wide changes. But back to the original question, why does FxCop object to static constructors when they present a valid useful purpose? Is there a reason why thread safe static constructors should be avoided?

Regards,
Aaron

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/7423-FxCop-vs-Static-Constructors/7423#7423 Thu, 20 May 2004 10:38:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/7423-FxCop-vs-Static-Constructors/7423#7423 aza 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/aza/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - FxCop vs Static Constructors I also have a question about FXCop.. it picks on naming conventions when I have named something that is a 3 letter acronym followed by capitalization of the next work. For instance FTPAddress.. it doesn't like that, but is FtpAddress actually preffered? I have seen some member names in the FCL that are named this way.. but since the rule was for acronyms up to 3 letters you capitalize, I am not sure.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/7423-FxCop-vs-Static-Constructors/afe0df568b554256b69a9dea0110a58e#afe0df568b554256b69a9dea0110a58e Thu, 20 May 2004 15:18:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/7423-FxCop-vs-Static-Constructors/afe0df568b554256b69a9dea0110a58e#afe0df568b554256b69a9dea0110a58e JParrish 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/JParrish/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - FxCop vs Static Constructors
JParrish wrote:
I also have a question about FXCop.. it picks on naming conventions when I have named something that is a 3 letter acronym followed by capitalization of the next work. For instance FTPAddress.. it doesn't like that, but is FtpAddress actually preffered? I have seen some member names in the FCL that are named this way.. but since the rule was for acronyms up to 3 letters you capitalize, I am not sure.


The design guidelines state: "When using acronyms, use Pascal case or camel case for acronyms more than two characters long. For example, use HtmlButton or htmlButton. However, you should capitalize acronyms that consist of only two characters, such as System.IO instead of System.Io". I believe FxCop is trying to enforce those guidelines.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/7423-FxCop-vs-Static-Constructors/cebb52b2051b4ab2b2199dea0110a5d2#cebb52b2051b4ab2b2199dea0110a5d2 Thu, 20 May 2004 19:21:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/7423-FxCop-vs-Static-Constructors/cebb52b2051b4ab2b2199dea0110a5d2#cebb52b2051b4ab2b2199dea0110a5d2 brantonb 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/brantonb/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - FxCop vs Static Constructors Aha.. that is obvious now. I had thought it said 3 letters.. thanks for the correction =)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/7423-FxCop-vs-Static-Constructors/0085e2f6dbb646b68e3a9dea0110a5fb#0085e2f6dbb646b68e3a9dea0110a5fb Fri, 21 May 2004 03:28:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/7423-FxCop-vs-Static-Constructors/0085e2f6dbb646b68e3a9dea0110a5fb#0085e2f6dbb646b68e3a9dea0110a5fb JParrish 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/JParrish/Discussions/RSS