Rule S1168 states that collections should return null. It also reports on default when the return type is a struct. Although returning default for value types might be bad for different reasons , in general, this is not the case, as is illustrated with the reproducer underneath. Reproducer using Sys…

FP: S1168 reports on value types

Martin_Strecker (Martin Strecker) September 16, 2025, 2:09pm 8

@Corniel I agree for your example, but on ImmutableArray<T> I would still raise, or we need implement ImmutableArrays should be initialized first.

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