Testing C# 9.0 in VS2019 - CS0518 IsExternalInit is not defined or imported … How do I define/import it?

Question

EDIT [Nov 29 2020]: .NET 5.0 is out now, but the solution below is still required if you\'re targetting .NET Standard 2.1

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C# 9.0 is still unde

Answer 1

This is a bug in the current preview and the latest master branch (June 27). A simple record in sharplab.io creates the same error.

Just add the missing type somewhere in your project

namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices
{
    public class IsExternalInit{}
}

Records and init will work without problem.

Only LinqPad 6 seems to work without problems, probably because it includes that type too