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title: Enforce Guid parameter initialization
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# Enforce Guid parameter initialization

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `csharp-best-practices/use-proper-new-guid`

**Language:** C#

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

This rule will warn you that you have instantiated the `Guid` struct without a parameter.

For an empty `Guid`, using `Guid.Empty` is cleaner.

For a randomly-generated `Guid`, use `Guid.NewGuid()` instead.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```csharp
public void Foo()
{
    var foo1 = new Guid();
    Guid foo2 = new Guid();
    Guid foo3 = new();
    var foo4 = default(Guid);
    Guid foo5 = default(Guid);
    Guid foo6 = default;
}
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```csharp
public void Foo(byte[] bytes)
{
    var g1 = Guid.Empty;
    var g2 = Guid.NewGuid();
    var g3 = new Guid(bytes);
}
```
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