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   Home » VB.NET Language Syntaxes » Why only the first parameter in the definition of VB.NET Generics uses the 'Of' keyword ?
       
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Goofy Giraffe
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since Nov 06, 2009 
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Why only the first parameter in the definition of VB.NET Generics uses the 'Of' keyword ?

  Posted on: 13 Dec 2011       


For example I have here the  the full code that LINQ uses for the Enumerable.Select() method :


<System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
Public Shared Function [Select](Of TSource, TResult)(
ByVal source As IEnumerable(Of TSource),
ByVal selector As Func(Of TSource, TResult)
) As IEnumerable(Of TResult)
If source Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("source")
End If
If selector Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("selector")
End If
Return SelectIterator(Of TSource, TResult)(source, selector)
End Function



I understand the 'Of' keyword denotes a generic type parameter, but why is this keyword not used for the TResult parameter as well in the  'Public Shared Function [Select](Of TSource, TResult)' from above ?


Vulpes
posted  5390 posts
since  Feb 28, 2011 
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 Re: Why only the first parameter in the definition of VB.NET Generics uses the 'Of' keyword ?
  Posted on: 14 Dec 2011   Accepted Answer     0  
The idea is that the 'Of' applies to all the type parameters separated by commas, if there is more than one.

I think it was felt that it would be too verbose to apply 'Of' to each type parameter individually.
Goofy Giraffe
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 Re: Why only the first parameter in the definition of VB.NET Generics uses the 'Of' keyword ?
  Posted on: 14 Dec 2011        0  
Thanks much.
       
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