Mar 8, 2017 · User kokos answered the wonderful Hidden Features of C# question by mentioning the using keyword. Can you elaborate on that? What are the uses of using?

The using statement is used to work with an object in C# that implements the IDisposable interface. The IDisposable interface has one public method called Dispose that is used to dispose of the object.

In other word, if you know that the initialization of a variable in using may throw a particular exception, I wrap it with try-catch. Similarly, if within using body something may happen, which is not directly …

Dec 27, 2013 · 183 In C++11, the using keyword when used for type alias is identical to typedef. 7.1.3.2 A typedef-name can also be introduced by an alias-declaration. The identifier following the using …

Oct 29, 2019 · using var disposable = new Disposable(); // Do something What is the difference between using and await using? How should I decide which one to use?

Updating the using keyword was specifically for templates, and (as was pointed out in the accepted answer) when you are working with non-templates using and typedef are mechanically identical, so …

Oct 22, 2008 · But if you put the using declaration inside a namespace it's limited to the scope of that namespace, so is generally OK (with the usual caveats on your particular needs and style).

Feb 19, 2021 · In a MySQL JOIN, what is the difference between ON and USING()? As far as I can tell, USING() is just more convenient syntax, whereas ON allows a little more flexibility when the column …

The problem with putting using namespace in the header files of your classes is that it forces anyone who wants to use your classes (by including your header files) to also be 'using' (i.e. seeing …

Aug 6, 2015 · I'm having a look at a couple of the new features in C# 6, specifically, "using static". using static is a new kind of using clause that lets you import static members of types directly into sco...