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The ref keyword for callers of methods is now optional when calling into methods supplied by COM interfaces. Given a COM method with the signature void Increment(ref int x); the invocation can now be written as either Increment(0); // no need for "ref" or a place holder variable any m...

A new pseudo-type dynamic is introduced into the C# type system. It is treated as System.Object, but in addition, any member access (method call, field, property, or indexer access, or a delegate invocation) or application of an operator on a value of such type is permitted without any type checking...

The IQueryable and IQueryable<T> interfaces allows developers to translate a LINQ query (a 'language-integrated' query) to a specific datasource, for example a relational database. Take this LINQ query written in C#: var query = from book in books where book.Author == "Steph...

XML <Galaxy> <Light>sun</Light> <Device>satellite</Device> <Sensor>human</Sensor> <Name>Milky Way</Name> </Galaxy> XPATH /Galaxy/*[local-name()='Light' or local-name()='Device' or local-name()='Sensor'] or //*[...

XML <Data> <BioLight> <name>Firefly</name> <model>Insect</model> </BioLight> <ArtificialLight> <name>Fire</name> <model>Natural element</model> <source>flint<...

XML <College> <FootBall> <Members>20</Members> <Coach>Archie Theron</Coach> <Name>Wild cats</Name> <StarFootballer>David Perry</StarFootballer> </FootBall> <Academics> ...

XML <College> <FootBall> <Members>20</Members> <Coach>Archie Theron</Coach> <Name>Wild cats</Name> <StarPlayer>David Perry</StarPlayer> </FootBall> <VolleyBall> <Me...

XML <Galaxy> <Light>sun</Light> <Device>satellite</Device> <Sensor>human</Sensor> <Name>Milky Way</Name> </Galaxy> XPATH /Galaxy/*[lower-case(local-name())="light"] or //*[lower-case(local-name())=&qu...

To create a function which accepts an undetermined number of arguments, there are two methods depending on your environment. 5 Whenever a function is called, it has an Array-like arguments object in its scope, containing all the arguments passed to the function. Indexing into or iterating over th...

XML <Galaxy> <name>Milky Way</name> <CelestialObject name="Earth" type="planet"/> <CelestialObject name="Sun" type="star"/> </Galaxy> XPATH /Galaxy/*[@name] or //*[@name] OUTPUT <CelestialObje...

XML <Galaxy> <name>Milky Way</name> <CelestialObject name="Earth" type="planet"/> <CelestialObject name="Sun" type="star"/> </Galaxy> XPATH /Galaxy/*[@name='Sun'] or //*[@name='Sun'] OUTPUT <C...

XML <Galaxy> <name>Milky Way</name> <CelestialObject name="Earth" type="planet"/> <CelestialObject name="Sun" type="star"/> </Galaxy> XPATH /Galaxy/*[contains(@name,'Ear')] or //*[contains(@name,'Ear...

XML <Galaxy> <name>Milky Way</name> <CelestialObject name="Earth" type="planet"/> <CelestialObject name="Sun" type="star"/> </Galaxy> XPATH /Galaxy/*[contains(lower-case(@name),'ear')] or //*[contain...

XML <Galaxy> <name>Milky Way</name> <CelestialObject name="Earth" type="planet"/> <CelestialObject name="Sun" type="star"/> </Galaxy> XPATH /Galaxy/*[starts-with(lower-case(@name),'ear')] or //*[star...

XML <Galaxy> <name>Milky Way</name> <CelestialObject name="Earth" type="planet"/> <CelestialObject name="Sun" type="star"/> </Galaxy> XPATH /Galaxy/*[ends-with(lower-case(@type),'tar')] or //*[ends-w...

The proof tree (also search tree or derivation tree) is a tree that shows the execution of a Prolog program. This tree helps visualise the chronological backtracking process present in Prolog. The root of the tree represents the initial query and branches are created when choice points occur. Every ...

This example uses Parallel.ForEach to calculate the sum of the numbers between 1 and 10000 by using multiple threads. To achieve thread-safety, Interlocked.Add is used to sum the numbers. using System.Threading; int Foo() { int total = 0; var numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 10000).ToLis...

This example uses Parallel.For to calculate the sum of the numbers between 1 and 10000 by using multiple threads. To achieve thread-safety, Interlocked.Add is used to sum the numbers. using System.Threading; int Foo() { int total = 0; Parallel.For(1, 10001, () => 0, // in...

ctrl + alt + shift + / (cmd + alt + shift + / on MacOS) should show you the following dialog: Clicking on Registry you will get The key you want to enable/disable is editor.skip.copy.and.cut.for.empty.selection Tested on Linux Ubuntu and MacOS.

Using Code Contracts it is possible to apply a contract to an interface. This is done by declaring an abstract class that implments the interfaces. The interface should be tagged with the ContractClassAttribute and the contract definition (the abstract class) should be tagged with the ContractClas...