A Key Difference Between an Assembly and an Unmanaged DLL or EXE

Assemblies are entirely self-describing.

Get used to managed C++ style definition

Sometimes the ugly managed c++ grammar can cause us much pain.

For example, what is the correct way of defining a __wchar_t gc array?

Wrong answers:
__wchar_t charArr[] = {':', '\\'};
__wchar_t[] charArr = {':', '\\'};
__wchar_t __gc[] charArr = {':', '\\'};
__wchar_t __gc charArr[] = {':', '\\'};
__wchar_t __gc[] charArr[] = {':', '\\'};
JUST_LET_ME_DEFINE_A_DAMN __wchar_t __gc charArr[] = {':', '\\'};

Only this one is right:
__wchar_t charArr __gc[] = {':', '\\'};