Delegate shortcut

Question

In all the books and articles I read the delegate are assigned using the new operator: public delegate ... anUsufulDelegate (...); anUsufulDelegate doSomething; doSomething = new anUsufulDelegate(a function with a matching signature); But I can more easily write: doSomething = a function with a matching signature; Is the second version simply a shortcut for the one with the new operator and the type of the delegate ? A fast look with a disassembler seems to confirm this. Thanks Filippo

Serban Cosmin · Answer

Hy As explained here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173176(VS.80).aspx in C# 2.0 it is possible to instantiate a delegate using the way you found. So basically your code will work as long as you are using C# 2.0 in the same way as with the new operator. Hope this helps.