UPDATE: This question was the subject of my blog on May 12th 2011. Thanks for the great question! Suppose you have an interface as you describe, and a hundred classes that implement it. Then you decide to make one of the parameters of one of the interface’s methods optional. Are you suggesting that the right … Read more
In computer science terms, a Task is a future or a promise. (Some people use those two terms synonymously, some use them differently, nobody can agree on a precise definition.) Basically, a Task<T> “promises” to return you a T, but not right now honey, I’m kinda busy, why don’t you come back later? A Thread … Read more
Since I wrote the MSDN article you are referring to, I guess I have to answer this one. First, I anticipated this question and that’s why I wrote a blog post that shows a more or less real use case for ExpandoObject: Dynamic in C# 4.0: Introducing the ExpandoObject. Shortly, ExpandoObject can help you create … Read more
.NET 4.0 allows primary interop assemblies (or rather, the bits of it that you need) to be embedded into your assembly so that you don’t need to deploy them alongside your application. For whatever reason, this assembly can’t be embedded – but it sounds like that’s not a problem for you. Just open the Properties … Read more