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Code Quality Rules

Diagnostics enforced at Warning severity. Code triggering these will be flagged in review.

Enforced Diagnostics

Rule ID What It Catches Severity
IDE0005 Unnecessary using directives Warning
IDE0011 Missing braces on multiline blocks Warning
IDE0035 Unreachable code Warning
IDE0036 Incorrect modifier ordering Warning
IDE0040 Missing accessibility modifiers Warning
IDE0043 Invalid format string placeholder Warning
IDE0044 Field should be readonly Warning
IDE0051 Unused private members Warning
IDE0052 Unread private members Warning
IDE0059 Unnecessary value assignment Warning
IDE0060 Unused parameters Warning
CA1012 Abstract type has public constructor Warning
CA1822 Member can be static Warning

Whitespace Diagnostics

Rule ID What It Catches Severity
IDE2000 Multiple consecutive blank lines Warning
IDE2001 Embedded statement on same line as block Warning
IDE2002 Blank line between consecutive braces Warning
IDE2003 Statement immediately after block close Warning
IDE2004 Blank line after colon in ctor initializer Warning

Modifier Ordering

Always use this order:

public / private / protected / internal
static
extern
new
virtual / abstract / override / sealed
readonly
unsafe
volatile
async

// GOOD
public static readonly int Value;
private protected override async Task<int> ComputeAsync();

// BAD
static public readonly int Value;
async private protected override Task<int> ComputeAsync();

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