[Mono-list] C# changes

Tyson Dowd trd@cs.mu.oz.au
Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:38:07 +1100


On 08-Nov-2002, Pablo Baena <pbaena@uol.com.ar> wrote:
> The definitions in the article aren't accurate at all. Generics will
> help to reuse code, not building more quickly, iterators are for data,
> nothing to do with events, partial types I don't have a clue of what it
> is, and my guess is that anonymous methods are methods that won't
> correspond to a class (?).

Generics = polymorphism or parametric polymorphism in functional
languages.

Anonymous methods = lambda functions

Partial types = one type does not have to be defined in just one file

See

http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/csharp/learn/Future/faq.aspx

and 

http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/csharp/learn/Future/default.aspx

> 
> Pablo
> 
> On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 20:39, Arild Fines wrote:
> 
>     >From http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-965046.html :
>     
>     That release of Visual C# will include four new features: support for
>     "generics," which is a form of a C++ template that can help C# developers
>     build software more quickly; support for "iterators," which help developers
>     create new code; anonymous methods, which ease development of what?s known
>     as "event-driven" code; and support for "partial types," which make it
>     easier to use C# for building large projects.
>     
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>     Arild Fines
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