C# in Depth, Fourth Edition

Chapter 2. C# 2

This chapter covers

• Using generic types and methods for flexible, safe code
• Expressing the absence of information with nullable value types
• Constructing delegates relatively easily
• Implementing iterators without writing boilerplate code

If your experience with C# goes far enough back, this chapter will be a reminder of just how far we’ve come and a prompt to be grateful for a dedicated and smart language design team. If you’ve never programmed C# without generics, you may end up wondering how C# ever took off without these features.^[1] Either way, you may still find features you weren’t aware of or details you’ve never considered listed here.

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For me, the answer to this one is simple: C# 1 was a more ...