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What new language features of .NET 3.5 do you use?   [Edit]

Survey period: 8 Jun 2009 to 15 Jun 2009

There's a little more icing on the cake in 3.5 but now that it's been released for a while, which of these features do you actually use?

OptionVotes% 
Automatic Property setters/getters61173.09
Object Initializers47456.70
Collection Initializers36443.54
Extension Methods45454.31
Implicitly Typed Variables (var)46655.74
Anonymous Types32038.28
Lambda expressions48658.13
Query keywords (for LINQ)45754.67
Partial methods17120.45
VB 'if' operator728.61
XML data types in VB414.90
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

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GeneralRe: What about an option for none? Pin
Shani Natav10-Jun-09 19:57
Shani Natav10-Jun-09 19:57 
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NotUnique11-Jun-09 14:08
professionalNotUnique11-Jun-09 14:08 
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PIEBALDconsult10-Jun-09 18:49
mvePIEBALDconsult10-Jun-09 18:49 
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johannesnestler10-Jun-09 5:37
johannesnestler10-Jun-09 5:37 
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Michael Bookatz10-Jun-09 5:45
Michael Bookatz10-Jun-09 5:45 
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Mycroft Holmes11-Jun-09 0:39
professionalMycroft Holmes11-Jun-09 0:39 
GeneralWhat? Pin
PIEBALDconsult7-Jun-09 19:05
mvePIEBALDconsult7-Jun-09 19:05 
GeneralRe: What? Pin
Johnno747-Jun-09 19:45
Johnno747-Jun-09 19:45 
Yes, but the language really is part of the framework Smile | :)
There are three areas to consider here - the runtime, the compiler and the framework (base class library).

.Net 3.0 and 3.5 don't change the runtime at all from 2.0 (I'm fairly sure). All the new features are part of the compiler and the base class library.

.Net 4.0 has a new version of the runtime.
GeneralRe: What? Pin
Tommy Carlier7-Jun-09 20:28
Tommy Carlier7-Jun-09 20:28 
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leppie7-Jun-09 22:37
leppie7-Jun-09 22:37 
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PIEBALDconsult8-Jun-09 3:47
mvePIEBALDconsult8-Jun-09 3:47 
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Daniel Grunwald7-Jun-09 23:19
Daniel Grunwald7-Jun-09 23:19 

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