"DateTime?" Correct Syntax or Compiler Bug

[Guest]

Why does this property "DateTime?" compile?

public DateTime? test
{
get
{
return DateTime.Now;
}

}

I figured it was special syntax but I couldn't find documentation

TIA,

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Why does this property "DateTime?" compile?

Because it's shorthand for a nullable type, a new feature to in 2.0.

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/csharp2/nullable.html

 

[Guest]

Cool! Thanks for the help and the lesson. I'm reading up on the other new
aspects as well.