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When Cast<T> doesn’t Cast to T

A friend asked me about some issues he was having using Enumerable.Cast<T>(). In his mind, it just wasn’t working. Like so many problems, it was working correctly, just not the way he expected. It...

Posted 22 July 2009 11:04 PM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

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Another item from More Effective C# Posted on InformIT

Today, the fine folks at InformIT posted another item from More Effective C# for you to learn more about the style and the content from the book: Item 29: Enhance Constructed Generic Types with Extension...

Posted 28 October 2008 02:06 AM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

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Extension Methods and Null Arguments

A little while ago, I did a DNR TV on C# 3.0 . During that, I talked about preserving null semantics when  you write extension methods.  I made the point that you should never test if the first...

Posted 26 October 2008 01:00 PM by wwagner | 4 comment(s)

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More Effective C# available now

Today is the official release date for More Effective C# . Writing a book may seem to be a solitary activity, but nothing could be further from the truth. I have been lucky enough to work with fantastic...

Posted 17 October 2008 05:00 PM by wwagner | 4 comment(s)

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