Better initializers

Automatic Property Initializers

C# 1.0

private Guid objectId = Guid.NewGuid(); public Guid ObjectId { get { return this.objectId; } private set { this.objectId = value; } }

C# 3.0

public Guid ObjectId { get; private set; }

public Program() { this.ObjectId = Guid.NewGuid(); }

C# 6.0

public Guid ObjectId { get; private set; } = Guid.NewGuid();

Analysis

Indexed member initialization

C# 3.0

var englishBulgarianDict = new Dictionary<string, string>() { { "apple", "ябълка" }, { "tomato", "домат" }, { "water", "вода" } };

C# 6.0

var englishBulgarianDict = new Dictionary<string, string>() { ["apple"] = "ябълка", ["tomato"] = "домат", ["water"] = "вода" };

Analysis

$ operator

var englishBulgarianDict = new Dictionary<string, string>() { $apple = "ябълка", $tomato = "домат", $water = "вода" }; var bulgarianForTomato = englishBulgarianDict.$tomato;

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