Use
Guid.Empty to create an empty GUID CS-R1007
Anti-pattern
Critical
7 months ago
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7 months old
Consider using
Guid.Empty instead of new Guid() for an empty Guid 57
58 // CS-R1007: Use `Guid.Empty` instead.
59 // https://deepsource.io/directory/analyzers/csharp/issues/CS-R1007
60 var guid = new Guid(); 61
62 var s1 = "alpha";
63 var s2 = "Alpha";
Description
new SomeClass() is the syntax to instantiate a class in C#. However, new Guid() does not generate a new GUID. It instead returns an empty GUID. If you intend to use an empty GUID, consider using Guid.Empty as it is more straightforward to comprehend. If you wish to generate a new usable GUID, consider using Guid.NewGuid().
Bad Practice
var emptyGuid = new Guid();
Recommended
var emptyGuid = Guid.Empty;
var usableGuid = Guid.NewGuid();