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Re:.NET Core 3.0 Concludes the .NET Framework API Porting Pr... by manigandham on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:33PM (#21264723)
Why are "free" functions useful? What actual real difference does it make compared to putting an extra word in front to call the method?
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Re:.NET Core 3.0 Concludes the .NET Framework API Porting Pr... by goto11 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:51AM (#21268986)
You don't need to put the extra word in front since "using static" was introduced. But you still need to define a useless static class.
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