A few easy VS 2005 questions

[Jules Winfield]

I'm loving VS 2005. These are my questions and comments so far:

BUG: Autoformatting
================
I've turned off virtually all autoformatting, but there is still one place
where it rears it's head even after it's been turned off. Reproduce the
problem as follows:

1) Turn off all autoformatting.

2) Type:

public class Startup{
}

3) Immediately after the opening bracket, insert a line and type "#region"

Notice that VS.NET inserts an additional space before the open paren. It's
easy to manually go up and eliminate the rogue space but since it appears to
be a bug, I wanted to point it out.

BUG (?): Tab Order
==============
As you know, when new code pages are opened, they are opened in their own
tabs -- but for some reason, each new tab that is added appears as the
LEFT-MOST tab in the tab series. It seems like new pages should be appended
to the right. That's the way VS.NET 2003 [and every other tab-based app I've
used works]. Adding the tabs on the left is quite counterintuitive. If this
isn't a bug and was done intentionally, is there a way to revert back to the
traditional behavior via a Tools/Options setting?

QUESTION: Generics
================
Does C# support the concept of a typedef for generics. For example, if I
find myself constructing a lot of List<Bonehead> objects, is there a way to
call this type BoneheadList, for example?

Overall, great job on VS 2005!

cuz my name is,

Jules

 

[Bruce Wood]

For the last item, couldn't you just say:

public class BoneheadList : List<Bonehead>
{
... provide relevant constructors ...
}

and that would be it?

 

[David Browne]

For the last item, couldn't you just say:

public class BoneheadList : List<Bonehead>
{
... provide relevant constructors ...
}

You can also use a namespace alias:

using BoneheadList = List<BoneHead>;

which only affects the current namespace or file.

David

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Jules,

As far as your "bug reports" are concerned, you're a day late and a dollar
short. Actually, you're about a year late. That's how long you've had to get
your experiences responded to. So, enjoy.

Does C# support the concept of a typedef for generics. For example, if I
find myself constructing a lot of List<Bonehead> objects, is there a way
to call this type BoneheadList, for example?

Sure. Just create a class that inherits List<BoneHead>.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
A watched clock never boils.

I'm loving VS 2005. These are my questions and comments so far:

BUG: Autoformatting
================
I've turned off virtually all autoformatting, but there is still one place
where it rears it's head even after it's been turned off. Reproduce the
problem as follows:

1) Turn off all autoformatting.

2) Type:

public class Startup{
}

3) Immediately after the opening bracket, insert a line and type "#region"

Notice that VS.NET inserts an additional space before the open paren. It's
easy to manually go up and eliminate the rogue space but since it appears
to be a bug, I wanted to point it out.

BUG (?): Tab Order
==============
As you know, when new code pages are opened, they are opened in their own
tabs -- but for some reason, each new tab that is added appears as the
LEFT-MOST tab in the tab series. It seems like new pages should be
appended to the right. That's the way VS.NET 2003 [and every other
tab-based app I've used works]. Adding the tabs on the left is quite
counterintuitive. If this isn't a bug and was done intentionally, is there
a way to revert back to the traditional behavior via a Tools/Options
setting?

QUESTION: Generics
================
Does C# support the concept of a typedef for generics. For example, if I
find myself constructing a lot of List<Bonehead> objects, is there a way
to call this type BoneheadList, for example?

Overall, great job on VS 2005!

cuz my name is,

Jules

 

[Wayne Brantley]

However, that does not mean you cannot report the bugs so they will be fixed
in a service pack.

Hi Jules,

As far as your "bug reports" are concerned, you're a day late and a dollar
short. Actually, you're about a year late. That's how long you've had to
get your experiences responded to. So, enjoy.

Does C# support the concept of a typedef for generics. For example, if I
find myself constructing a lot of List<Bonehead> objects, is there a way
to call this type BoneheadList, for example?

Sure. Just create a class that inherits List<BoneHead>.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
A watched clock never boils.

I'm loving VS 2005. These are my questions and comments so far:

BUG: Autoformatting
================
I've turned off virtually all autoformatting, but there is still one
place where it rears it's head even after it's been turned off. Reproduce
the problem as follows:

1) Turn off all autoformatting.

2) Type:

public class Startup{
}

3) Immediately after the opening bracket, insert a line and type
"#region"

Notice that VS.NET inserts an additional space before the open paren.
It's easy to manually go up and eliminate the rogue space but since it
appears to be a bug, I wanted to point it out.

BUG (?): Tab Order
==============
As you know, when new code pages are opened, they are opened in their own
tabs -- but for some reason, each new tab that is added appears as the
LEFT-MOST tab in the tab series. It seems like new pages should be
appended to the right. That's the way VS.NET 2003 [and every other
tab-based app I've used works]. Adding the tabs on the left is quite
counterintuitive. If this isn't a bug and was done intentionally, is
there a way to revert back to the traditional behavior via a
Tools/Options setting?

QUESTION: Generics
================
Does C# support the concept of a typedef for generics. For example, if I
find myself constructing a lot of List<Bonehead> objects, is there a way
to call this type BoneheadList, for example?

Overall, great job on VS 2005!

cuz my name is,

Jules

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Good point, Wayne.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
A watched clock never boils.

However, that does not mean you cannot report the bugs so they will be
fixed in a service pack.

Hi Jules,

As far as your "bug reports" are concerned, you're a day late and a
dollar short. Actually, you're about a year late. That's how long you've
had to get your experiences responded to. So, enjoy.

Does C# support the concept of a typedef for generics. For example, if I
find myself constructing a lot of List<Bonehead> objects, is there a way
to call this type BoneheadList, for example?

Sure. Just create a class that inherits List<BoneHead>.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
A watched clock never boils.

I'm loving VS 2005. These are my questions and comments so far:

BUG: Autoformatting
================
I've turned off virtually all autoformatting, but there is still one
place where it rears it's head even after it's been turned off.
Reproduce the problem as follows:

1) Turn off all autoformatting.

2) Type:

public class Startup{
}

3) Immediately after the opening bracket, insert a line and type
"#region"

Notice that VS.NET inserts an additional space before the open paren.
It's easy to manually go up and eliminate the rogue space but since it
appears to be a bug, I wanted to point it out.

BUG (?): Tab Order
==============
As you know, when new code pages are opened, they are opened in their
own tabs -- but for some reason, each new tab that is added appears as
the LEFT-MOST tab in the tab series. It seems like new pages should be
appended to the right. That's the way VS.NET 2003 [and every other
tab-based app I've used works]. Adding the tabs on the left is quite
counterintuitive. If this isn't a bug and was done intentionally, is
there a way to revert back to the traditional behavior via a
Tools/Options setting?

QUESTION: Generics
================
Does C# support the concept of a typedef for generics. For example, if I
find myself constructing a lot of List<Bonehead> objects, is there a way
to call this type BoneheadList, for example?

Overall, great job on VS 2005!

cuz my name is,

Jules

 

[Peter Franks]

However, that does not mean you cannot report the bugs so they will be fixed
in a service pack.

Hopefully there /will/ be service packs. VS03 had none, and sorely
needed them...

 

[Andrew McDonald]

Hopefully there /will/ be service packs. VS03 had none, and sorely needed
them...

Hear, hear. It's really poor how little support there's been. Hopefully
we'll see a new start with this version... I'm not holding my breath though.
Issues raised on the bugtracker have for a long time now simply been
"postponed till the next version" - but there's no indication of whether
that will be a service pack or a 4-year wait for another major version.