C# in Depth, Fourth Edition

Language features by version

This book is mostly organized by version, but it can be difficult to get a sense of the features introduced in each version at a glance. This is particularly true for the features introduced in minor versions of C# 7, which typically improve a feature introduced in C# 7.0.

Additionally, it can be useful to know whether a language feature requires runtime or framework support or whether it’s pure compiler magic. This appendix aims to make all of this information available as simply as possible.

One aspect I haven’t mentioned is how generic type inference has evolved over versions. It’s changed many times and usually in ways that are too complicated to capture in just a few words. I suggest you take it as a given that ...