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Update CS0524 documentation to reflect C# 8.0 changes allowing nested types in interfaces #47669
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One change, and then this is ready.
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This is now ready for final review.
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The CS0524 compiler error documentation was outdated and misleading. It stated that interfaces cannot declare types, but this restriction was lifted in C# 8.0 with the introduction of default interface members.
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toIExample
following C# conventions)ms.date
field to reflect the documentation updateBefore and After
Before: The documentation incorrectly stated that interfaces cannot contain user-defined types and showed an example that would generate CS0524.
After: The documentation accurately explains that this restriction was removed in C# 8.0 and provides a working example of nested types in interfaces.
The code example now compiles and runs successfully in modern C#:
Fixes #28427.
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