Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition

13.4. Returning the Result of a LINQ Query

It is possible to define a field within a class (or structure) whose value is the result of a LINQ query. To do so, however, you cannot make use of implicit typing (as the var keyword cannot be used for fields) and the target of the LINQ query cannot be instance level data, therefore it must be static. Given these limitations, you will seldom need to author code like the following:

class LINQBasedFieldsAreClunky
{
  private static string[] currentVideoGames = {"Morrowind", "Uncharted 2",
    "Fallout 3", "Daxter", "System Shock 2"};

  // Can't use implicit typing here! Must know type of subset! private IEnumerable<string> subset = from g in currentVideoGames where g.Contains(" ") orderby g select g; public ...