Accelerated C# 2008

using( FileStream fs = File.Open( "log.txt",

FileMode.Append,

FileAccess.Write,

FileShare.None ) ) {

Byte[] msg =

new UTF8Encoding(true).GetBytes("Doing Some" +

" More Stuff\n");

fs.Write( msg, 0, msg.Length );

}

}

static void Main() {

DoSomeStuff();

DoSomeMoreStuff();

}

}

As you can see, the code is much easier to follow, and the using statement takes care of having

to type all those explicit try/finally blocks. You probably won’t be surprised to notice that if you

look at the generated code in ILDASM, the compiler has generated the try/finally blocks in place

of the using statement. You can also nest using statements within their compound blocks, just as

you can nest try/finally blocks.

Even though the using statement solves the “ugly code” symptom and reduces ...