http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnfa/archive/2004/03/29/101466.aspxToday someone was curious why C#'s using statement won't throw a NullReferenceException. They had a using statement that opened a registry key, but even if that key didn't exist and the return value was null, they didn't have to worry about a NullReferenceExceptionen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnfa/archive/2004/03/29/101466.aspx#104076Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:20:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:104076Mathew NoltonI think it makes perfect sense. If the statement the using statement is predicated on is not valid...then why bother with the inclusion code. It should skip right out of there. <br> <br>My 2 cents anyway, <br>-Mathew Nolton<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=104076" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnfa/archive/2004/03/29/101466.aspx#101883Tue, 30 Mar 2004 03:06:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:101883Enjoy Every SandwichTake Outs for 29 March 2004<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=101883" width="1" height="1">