Sree's blog : C#

Why Can’t Extension methods on Value Type be curried

Sree_c — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:02:01 GMT

This is a followup to an post Extension Methods and Curried delegates . I have been recently asked if why Error CS1113: “Extension methods ' Name ' defined on value type ' typename ' cannot be used to create delegates” was added and what does it mean...(read more)

C# Debugging Improvement for VS 2008 SP1- Part II

Sree_c — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:10:00 GMT

Anonymous Types On Further review there are a few problems with anonymous-types, they all boil down to the fact the names given to these types are not valid C# type names ( so that users don't explicitly use them in code). But while debugging this is...(read more)

C# Debugging Improvements for VS 2008 SP1- Part 1

Sree_c — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:25:00 GMT

Overview Over the past few months I have been busy closing VS 2008 and working on some fixes for SP1. We have enabled some key debugging scenarios in C# in VS 2008 SP1, they include support for Range Variables in Queries & Anonymous Types Generic...(read more)

Extension methods Interoperability between languages

Sree_c — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:58:39 GMT

Extension methods written in C# can be imported and called with Extension method semantics in VB and vice versa. This is possible since me decorate the assemblies , types and methods in the same manner. Using the Attribute [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method...(read more)

Conversion rules for Instance parameters and their impact

Sree_c — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:45:39 GMT

Overview: Instance parameter is the first parameter of an extension method and has the " this " parameter modifier. I discuss special conversion rules for them and some of the things that users of extension methods might encounter. Consider the code bellow...(read more)

Debugging and Delayed Execution in C# 3.0

Sree_c — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:55:00 GMT

Overview: C# 3.0 added a few constructs like queries which are delay executed. This means that they are not actually executed until the results of the query are required. Debugging some of them can seem strange since one can't step in to the Query where...(read more)

Debugging Features in C# 3.0 Part 1

Sree_c — Sun, 20 May 2007 07:52:00 GMT

Overview C# 3.0 introduces many new constructs and opens entirely new ways of thinking and developing code. In this article I will talk about the new debugging features that make it easy to see the running code and better understand it. In my experience...(read more)

Learning C#

Sree_c — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:31:00 GMT

I was recently asked by a developer "I know C++ how do i get into C# and .Net". If you want to understand the language design and its inner workings I would suggest The C# programing Language . If you want to use .Net and C# try Practical .Net and C#...(read more)

Extension methods in C#

Sree_c — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:50:00 GMT

Overview Extension methods are a new feature for C# 3.0 and I had the opportunity to implement them in the Compiler. These methods can then be called with instance syntax on any object that is convertible(see convertibility section for details) to the...(read more)