C# in Depth

Chapter 7. Concluding C# 2: the final features

This chapter covers

• Partial types

• Static classes

• Separate getter/setter property access

• Namespace aliases

• Pragma directives

• Fixed-size buffers

• Friend assemblies

So far we’ve looked at the four biggest new features of C#2: generics, nullable types, delegate enhancements, and iterator blocks. Each of these addresses a fairly complex requirement, which is why we’ve gone into each of them in some depth. The remaining new features of C#2 are knocking a few rough edges off C#1. They’re little niggles that the language designers decided to correct—either areas where the language needed a bit of improvement for its own sake, or where the experience of working with code generation and native code could be made more ...