Is Guid considered a value type or reference type?

Question

Guids are created using the new keyword which makes me think it\'s a reference type.

Is this correct?

Guid uid = new Guid();

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Answer 1

You can see the definition of a Guid yourself:

public struct Guid ...

Or you can test it like this:

bool guidIsValueType = typeof(Guid).IsValueType;

GUID's are created using the new keyword which makes me think it's a reference type.

Structs can have constructors too, for example new DateTime(2012, 12, 23).