1.9. Query Evaluation Time

It is important to understand when the query is evaluated at run time. In Listing 1-1 nothing happens in query execution until the ObjectDumper's Write method is called. Listing 1-8 looks at the code behind this method:

Example 1-8. The Core Method of the ObjectDumper Helper Class
private void WriteObject(string prefix, object o) {
  if (o == null || o is ValueType || o is string) {
    WriteIndent();
    Write(prefix);
    WriteValue(o);
    WriteLine();
  }
  else if (o is IEnumerable) {
    foreach (object element in (IEnumerable)o) {
      if (element is IEnumerable && !(element is string)) {
        WriteIndent();
        Write(prefix);
        Write("...");
        WriteLine();
        if (level < depth) {
          level++;
          WriteObject(prefix, element);
          level--;
} } else { WriteObject(prefix, ...

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