Anonymous Types in Visual Studio 2008

http://blog.dmbcllc.com Object initialization allows us to instantiate an object and assign properties all in "one line of code." Anonymous types takes this to the next step by allowing us to just completely skip the step where we declare the class. This video explains Anonymous types in CSharp and VB.NET

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• csharp

[mindprism]

WTH is with the read-only ppts in C#? Are they just being cruel for cruelties sake or is there some weird reasoning behind that.

[davidmbush]

ppts?

[mindprism]

Yes, sorry, Properties.

Enjoy your videos.

[davidmbush]

Nothing wrong with read only properties in C#

[mindprism]

No, I mean why are they read only for anonymous types? Is there a reason for that?

[davidmbush]

Oh, right.

No idea.

[robrobbins]

Oh no, curly braces in Visual Basic!

[1129Irving]

I think anonymous types use a compiler determined variable. This variable is not known until the code is compiled so how can you access it? If you can't access it, you can't change it, thereby making anonymous types read-only.

[CrazyHorseInvincible]

The F# types they are based on are immutable. In F# this is by design as it fits with the functional programming paradigm. In C# and VB and other imperative languages, this seems like an arbitrary restriction.

[fridrikur]

Thank you for this tutorial. Great lesson.