February 2010
Beginner
400 pages
11h 13m
English
Content preview from Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010
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Chapter 4. CLR and BCL Changes
Availability: Framework 4
In this chapter, we will look at the changes to the Common Language Runtime (CLR) in .NET 4.0, including changes to security, garbage collection, threading, and internationalization. We will then look into the new types introduced in .NET 4.0 and the enhancements that have been made to existing classes. We'll finish the chapter by looking at code contracts a great new feature that allows you to express assumptions and constraints within your code.