I’m aware of the differences between structs and classes, boxing etc. (.net dev since ‘02), . My point is “class” can some times be a faceless “value” with no i

I’m aware of the differences between structs and classes, boxing etc. (.net dev since ‘02), . My point is “class” can some times be a faceless “value” with no identity, and some times have an identity. The “records” feature is a way of addressing this difference, but like everything else it’s tacked on a bit late. A value class, like a value type (struct, enum), should/could be immutable, have structural equality etc. I’d like my language to be extremely explicit about whether an object has identity or not. It ties into things like ownership, move vs. copy, disposal etc too.