typedef in c#?

[Hyun-jik Bae]

is there any substitution for

typedef int MyType;

in C#?

Please reply. Thanks in advance.

Hyun-jik Bae

 

[Marc Gravell]

Not really;

In 2.0, you can (on a file-by-file basis) use an alias - however this is
ONLY a compile-time alias (intended to simplify conflicting name
resolution); there will not be an actual type.

using MyType=System.Int32;

Note that it doesn't support the pointer and array aspects of the "C"
typedef

Marc

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

is there any substitution for

typedef int MyType;

in C#?

No.

And it is a rather toothless feature in C/C++
since it is only aliasing not creating new
types like in the Pascal/Ada familiy of languages.

Arne

 

[Fred Mellender]

the keyword "using" can function to define an alias. See
http://weblogs.asp.net/kwarren/archive/2003/08/12/23876.aspx

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

the keyword "using" can function to define an alias. See
http://weblogs.asp.net/kwarren/archive/2003/08/12/23876.aspx

That is not worth much as a replacement for typedef.

It is only for current file.

It does only work for simple types (not even
for keywords even though that can of course be worked
around).

Arne