C# inner functions

Issam Elbaytam — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:29:00 GMT

I wish we had nested methods in C# similar to Delphi, the scope of the method would be limited to the parent method. Why? I think it would be very useful in refactoring. Say I have a few lines of code that I would like to refactor into a method with params, I take the code out and add a method call in its place. The question is, should I add parameter validation code to the new method? I don't want that code called from anywhere except the original method. If I place it out of that method without parameter validation I might end up calling it in the future and possibly introduce a bug because I am not checking the parameters.

The compiler can optimize these nested methods by inlining them in the parent method if it is faster. That way my code would be better organized and I don't have the added validation code unless I really wanted to reuse it in other places.

vs.net IDE enhancements

Issam Elbaytam — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:28:00 GMT

Editor: XmlDocs visual editor. Make it available as a separate exe for UE team to review and edit the docs.
Add DocumentationExclude attribute to exclude elements from the generated XmlDocs.
Provide a way to merge XmlDocs back into the source after being reviewed and edited by the UE team.
Allow user to specify a webservice (or an xml file Url) that can feed the task list. -hmm, i can probably write an add-in for this.
FIX THE HELP. It's too slow to merge namespaces and I cannot view an HxS from explorer. I want a simple viewer like the Html Help viewer.
Enhance the type library import to produce better code and generate the source code. Allow for a class id parameter in addition of type library file.
Editor: Add tabs to the bottom of the Members combobox (top-right of the editor window) to select which members to show (by scope and type)
Editor: Allow collapsing the #if blocks (as an outline).
Code Review comments UI similar to Word's comment balloons. Comments should be stored outside the source file in some project wide repository.
What's up with the "Add component" dialog? It's too slow. I would like to see a treeview display by namespace or assembly with checkboxes on tree nodes to allow adding all controls in a namespace or assembly in a single click.

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C# inner functions

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