Accelerated C# 2008

Summary

In this chapter I introduced you to the syntax of lambda expressions, which are, for the most part,

replacements for anonymous methods. In fact, it’s a shame lambda expressions did not come along

with C# 2.0, because then there would have been no need for anonymous methods. I showed how

you can convert lambda expressions, with and without statement bodies, into delegates. Addition-

ally, you saw how lambda expressions without statement bodies are convertible to expression trees

based on the Expression<T> type as defined in the System.Linq.Expression namespace. Using

expression trees, you can apply transformations to the expression tree before actually compiling it

into a delegate and calling it. I finished the chapter by showing you useful ...