C# in Depth

INDEX 373C# (continued)influences 18language distinction 25language specification 117version numbers 26C# 1comparison of delegate usage with C# 3 233delegate creation expressions 138event handler plumbing 138iterator implementation 162patterns for null values 114revision of key topics 32–54C# 2delegate improvements 137–160fixed size buffers 199generics 63–111iterators 161–182namespace aliases 193nullable types 112–136partial types 184pragma directives 197separate property access modifiers 192static classes 190support for nullable types 120terminology for nullable types 117, 120C# 3anonymous types 224automatically implemented properties 208–210collection initializers 218–221expression trees 238–245extension methods 255–274implicitly typed arrays 223implicitly typed local variables 210, 215lambda expressions 230object initializers 215–218overloading 251–253partial methods 188query expressions 275–313two-phase type inference 248type inference 245–253C# 4 106, 358C# team 48C++ 20, 24, 83, 102, 108, 201C++/CLI 24C++0x 108caching of delegate instances 237caller, parameter passing 52captured variables 150–159, 285extended lifetime 154instantiations 155Cartesian product 304cascading insertion 319cast 45Cast. See Standard Query Operators, Castcastinganonymous methods 150as a necessary evil 9, 64migrating to generics 74necessity removed by generics 67, 178range variables 290reference identity 51type inference 80, 223, 247unsafe abuse in C 44untyped datasets 334–335Catchphrase 271CCR. See Concurrency and Coordination Runtime(CCR)chainingextension methods 265–266, 354iterators 265change tracking 318, 348characters 278checksum pragmas 198clarity 272clashes of names 194class declaration, absence of in snippets 28class libraries 255class. See reference typesclasses as generic types 67classification of variables 151CLI. See Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)Click 139, 142, 149Clone 46, 98cloning 226closed types 69, 86closures 145, 151, 160CLR. See Common Language Runtime (CLR)codeas data 238bloat 108generation 115generators 184, 186, 188shape 222smells 136CodeDOM 239, 241, 244codingconventions 209standards 182style, harmony with language 4collection initializers 8, 218–221, 235, 286, 355CollectionBase 46collections 56generic 66generic collections in .NET 2.0 96removing multiple elements 98specialized 46strongly typed vs weakly typed 45Licensed to Rhona Hadida