base() and this() constructors best practices

Question

Under what conditions am I supposed to make the :base() and :this() constructor calls following my constructor\'s parentheses (or even in other pl

Answer 1

Look for "constructor chaining in C#". Basically, it looks like this:

MyClass():base()  //default constructor calling superclass constructor
{
}

MyClass(int arg):this()  //non-basic constructor calling base constructor
{
    //extra initialization
}

It helps to remove code duplication in constructors - split them into basic and specific parts.