I have a question concerning type constructors within a Value type. This question was inspired by something that Jeffrey Richter wrote in CLR via C# 3rd ed, he says (on page 195 - chapter 8) that y...

What I really want to know is which reflection methods will trigger type initialization? It's a bit unclear to me. Specifically, will the two mentioned methods, GetField and GetValue, trigger type ...

This has got me stumped. I was trying to optimize some tests for Noda Time, where we have some type initializer checking. I thought I'd find out whether a type has a type initializer (static constr...

Possible Duplicate: How do I invoke a static constructor with reflection? I've got some initialization code in the static constructor of various classes. I can't create instances, nor...

Is there a way in C# or .net IL to force a class that has a type initializer (static constructor) to load itself, without accessing any of its parameters? Assuming I've got the class public stati...

Is it a bad programming practice to have try/catch blocks inside constructors? Or does it make no difference as long as our programs handle typeinitializer exceptions gracefully. In C# if there a...