Syntax/Mean of the following

[kevininstructor]

I have seen the following code, specifially an object or reference will be
surrounded with square brackets and can not find any documentation to
explain the syntax for the usage. Can someone tell me the reasoning behind
this?

Thanks
Kevin
[Assembly] i.e.
Dim asm As System.Reflection.[Assembly] =
System.Reflection.[Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly()


or

For Each a As [Assembly] In AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies
PopulateAssemblySummary(a)
Next

or
[string]

Public Function Compare(ByVal x As Object, ByVal y As Object) As Integer
Implements IComparer.Compare
Dim intResult As Integer = _
[String].Compare(CType(x,
ListViewItem).SubItems(_intCol).Text, _
CType(y, ListViewItem).SubItems(_intCol).Text)

If _IsAscending Then
Return intResult
Else
Return -intResult
End If
End Function

 

[Chris R. Timmons]

I have seen the following code, specifially an object or
reference will be surrounded with square brackets and can not
find any documentation to explain the syntax for the usage. Can
someone tell me the reasoning behind this?

Kevin,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbls7/html/vblrfVBSpec2_2.asp

or

http://tinyurl.com/44oub

 

[Greg Burns]

Reserved keywords have to be escaped with brackets.

Greg

 

[kevininstructor]

Thanks Chris!!! and the example tells all.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbls7/html/vblrfVBSpec2_2.asp

or

http://tinyurl.com/44oub

 

[kevininstructor]

Thanks Greg, as Chris also pointed out. I wasn't sure why someone would code
that way I guess was the main reason for asking, this makes things clearer.

Reserved keywords have to be escaped with brackets.

Greg

I have seen the following code, specifially an object or reference will be
surrounded with square brackets and can not find any documentation to
explain the syntax for the usage. Can someone tell me the reasoning behind
this?

Thanks
Kevin
[Assembly] i.e.
Dim asm As System.Reflection.[Assembly] =
System.Reflection.[Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly()


or

For Each a As [Assembly] In AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies
PopulateAssemblySummary(a)
Next

or
[string]

Public Function Compare(ByVal x As Object, ByVal y As Object) As Integer
Implements IComparer.Compare
Dim intResult As Integer = _
[String].Compare(CType(x,
ListViewItem).SubItems(_intCol).Text, _
CType(y, ListViewItem).SubItems(_intCol).Text)

If _IsAscending Then
Return intResult
Else
Return -intResult
End If
End Function

 

[Greg Burns]

Sorry, missed Chris' post. Very concise.

Peter Merwood started a strange thread last month on a simliar subject that
you may want to take a look:

http://tinyurl.com/5e3mt

Greg

Thanks Greg, as Chris also pointed out. I wasn't sure why someone would
code
that way I guess was the main reason for asking, this makes things
clearer.

Reserved keywords have to be escaped with brackets.

Greg

I have seen the following code, specifially an object or reference will be
surrounded with square brackets and can not find any documentation to
explain the syntax for the usage. Can someone tell me the reasoning behind
this?

Thanks
Kevin
[Assembly] i.e.
Dim asm As System.Reflection.[Assembly] =
System.Reflection.[Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly()


or

For Each a As [Assembly] In AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies
PopulateAssemblySummary(a)
Next

or
[string]

Public Function Compare(ByVal x As Object, ByVal y As Object) As
Integer
Implements IComparer.Compare
Dim intResult As Integer = _
[String].Compare(CType(x,
ListViewItem).SubItems(_intCol).Text, _
CType(y, ListViewItem).SubItems(_intCol).Text)

If _IsAscending Then
Return intResult
Else
Return -intResult
End If
End Function