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Take advantage of nullable types to assign 'no values' or 'null values' to value types when there is no value available The C# language provides support for two types of data: value types and ...

I haven't had the pleasure of working with 2.0 much yet, so, I figured I'd give nullable types a shot.<BR><BR>Scenario:<BR><BR>Stored Proc reads a record out of databse into a datareader. One ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Anonymous types are a new feature of Visual Basic 9 (2008). They provide a quick and easy way to define simple classes for holding values. Both VB 9 and C# 3.0 provide support for anonymous types, but ...

Besides support for nullable types, a beta of TypeScript 2.0 is now available that includes a smoother way of working with declaration files and makes module declarations more efficient. A beta ...

With nullable reference types in F# 9, F# now has a type-safe way to deal with reference types that can have null as a valid value. While F# was designed to avoid null, it nevertheless can creep in ...