Compiler Warning (level 1) CS3018

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'type' cannot be marked as CLS-Compliant because it is a member of non CLS-compliant type 'type'

This warning occurs if a nested class with the CLSCompliant attribute set to true is declared as a member of a class declared with the CLSCompliant attribute set to false. This is not allowed, since a nested class cannot be CLS-compliant if it is a member of an outer class that is not CLS-compliant. To resolve this warning, remove the CLSCompliant attribute from the nested class, or change it from true to false. For more information on CLS Compliance, see Writing CLS-Compliant Code and Common Language Specification.

Example

The following sample generates CS3018.

// CS3018.cs
// compile with: /target:library
using System;

[assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]
[CLSCompliant(false)]
public class Outer
{
   [CLSCompliant(true)]   // CS3018
   public class Nested {}

   // OK
   public class Nested2 {}

   [CLSCompliant(false)]
   public class Nested3 {}
}