Wording in "When a class or struct is created"

[Beechside]

You say: "When a class or struct is created" but I have a problem with the word "created". The class is created when defined, just as a blueprint is created when it is drawn. The class exists at that point with or without instantiation but that is not when a constructor is run. Unless "created" has a very specific meaning, should you use "instantiated"?

An Instance Constructor is run when a class is instantiated, unless there is something else in the chain of events that makes creation different from instantiation.

Best wishes,

Pete Morris

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[BillWagner]

thanks for the suggestion @Beechside

That would be better wording. I've added this to address when we next update this section.