O'Reilly C# 5.0 in a Nutshell, 5th Edition 9781449320102 Manuel D’Utilisation

on a database server) because they can be introspected and translated at runtime
(e.g., into a SQL statement).

C# 3.0 also added automatic properties and partial methods.

Automatic properties (

) cut the work in writing properties that simply 

get

/

set

 a private backing field by having the compiler do that work automatically. Partial

) let an auto-generated partial class provide customizable hooks

for manual authoring which “melt away” if unused.

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