More Effective C# (Includes Content Update Program): 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C#, 2nd edition

Index

Numbers

0 (zero), ensuring 0 is valid state for value type, 24–28

A

Abstract base classes

inheritance and, 73

when to use inheritance vs. interfaces, 74–75

Abstract Clone() method, 128–129

Abstract properties, 4

Accessors

add/remove, 88

implicit properties supporting, 8–10

as inexpensive operation, 29–31

providing synchronized access to data, 3–4

source objects, 256

specifying, 4–5

add accessor

derived classes using, 108–109

overview of, 88

Add() method

costs of dynamic typing, 261–262

dynamic methods at runtime, 238

rewriting using lambda expressions, 231–232

Aggregate(), of Enumerable class, 232

AggregateException, handling exceptions in parallel operations, 190–194

Algorithms

anonymous types and, 43–45

for computing square root, 197 ...