What’s new in C# 6.0

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Danilo

(Posted 2016) [#1]

- What's new in C# 6.0

Would the 0-operator be something for MX2?

Now:

If obj <> Null
    obj.TheMethod()
EndIf

If obj <> Null Then obj.TheMethod()

Can be:

obj?.TheMethod()

I think that’s pretty useful.

ziggy

(Posted 2016) [#2]

Yes I'm very used to it now so that I miss it a lot on Monkey

Beaker

(Posted 2016) [#3]

I like that a lot. Null checking is one of the most pointlessly verbose structures.

marksibly

(Posted 2016) [#4]

I like it too! Had a quick look through some compiler code and could see several places where it would work. Added to the roadmap...

tiresius

(Posted 2016) [#5]

I've been doing this way ...

If obj Then obj.TheMethod()

... but I guess a shortcut would be cooler.

SLotman

(Posted 2016) [#6]

Is it just me that sees that as another thing that will make code harder to read?

taumel

(Posted 2016) [#7]

Quite some languages are trying to make things less cumbersome, implying concepts by the syntax, reducing prefixing work, offering a more cleaned up syntax, ... The more Mark can go into such a direction, the better. Having a small user base can be an advantage.