Questions tagged [vb.net-2010]

The version of Visual Basic .NET used in Visual Studio/Visual Basic 2010. New features include:

• Less-strict line continuation; for example, this syntax is allowed:

  Dim lines() As String = {
      "I am line number one",
      "and I am line number two."
  }
  

• Auto-implemented properties. This:

  Public Property Hello() As String = "World"
  

  is compiled like this:

  Private _hello As String = "World"
  
  Public Property Hello() As String
      Get
          Return _hello
      End Get
      Set(ByVal value As String)
          _hello = value
      End Set
  End Property
  

• Collection initializers using From:

  Dim l As New List(Of String) From {"Hello", "World"}
  

• Multi-line lambdas:

  Call New Thread(Sub()
                      Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!")
                  End Sub).Start()
  

• Support for dynamic types

• Support for contravariance and covariance

The full list of changes can be found here.