In java, not in c#

[John Bailo]

Create a method BBB

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

Then call the method with

String BBB = BBB(company);
This will work in java, but not in c#;

[Peter Rilling]

Are you asking a question, or just telling us this information?

"John Bailo" <ja*****@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2s*************@uni-berlin.de...

Create a method BBB

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

Then call the method with

String BBB = BBB(company);
This will work in java, but not in c#;

[Peter Rilling]

Are you asking a question, or just telling us this information?

"John Bailo" <ja*****@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2s*************@uni-berlin.de...

Create a method BBB

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

Then call the method with

String BBB = BBB(company);
This will work in java, but not in c#;

[Mike Schilling]

"John Bailo" <ja*****@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2s*************@uni-berlin.de...

Create a method BBB

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

Then call the method with

String BBB = BBB(company);
This will work in java, but not in c#;

Since 'company' is an undeclared variable, it won't compile in either.

Perhaps you'd like to construct a complete example?

[Mike Schilling]

"John Bailo" <ja*****@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2s*************@uni-berlin.de...

Create a method BBB

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

Then call the method with

String BBB = BBB(company);
This will work in java, but not in c#;

Since 'company' is an undeclared variable, it won't compile in either.

Perhaps you'd like to construct a complete example?

[John Bailo]

Mike Schilling wrote:

"John Bailo" <ja*****@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2s*************@uni-berlin.de...

Create a method BBB

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

Then call the method with

String BBB = BBB(company);
This will work in java, but not in c#;

Since 'company' is an undeclared variable, it won't compile in either.

Perhaps you'd like to construct a complete example?

try this then:

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

private void myCall()
{
String company="Texeme";
String BBB = BBB(company);
}

[John Bailo]

Mike Schilling wrote:

"John Bailo" <ja*****@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2s*************@uni-berlin.de...

Create a method BBB

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

Then call the method with

String BBB = BBB(company);
This will work in java, but not in c#;

Since 'company' is an undeclared variable, it won't compile in either.

Perhaps you'd like to construct a complete example?

try this then:

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

private void myCall()
{
String company="Texeme";
String BBB = BBB(company);
}

[Tor Iver Wilhelmsen]

John Bailo <ja*****@earthlink.net> writes:

String BBB = BBB(company);

You can work around the "feature" using this.BBB(company), but it's
still somewhat puzzling, yes.

[Tor Iver Wilhelmsen]

John Bailo <ja*****@earthlink.net> writes:

String BBB = BBB(company);

You can work around the "feature" using this.BBB(company), but it's
still somewhat puzzling, yes.

[Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]]

"Tor Iver Wilhelmsen" <to*****************@broadpark.no> wrote in message
news:uu***********@broadpark.no...

John Bailo <ja*****@earthlink.net> writes:

String BBB = BBB(company);

You can work around the "feature" using this.BBB(company), but it's
still somewhat puzzling, yes.

It likely stems from delegate invocation syntax.

In C# its entirely legal to do something like:

MyDelegate BBB = new MyDelegate(this.BBB);
BBB("company");

Thus, an invocation expression on a variable is legal in *some* situations,
so the particular example given is ambiguous in *some* cases.

Instead of trying to guess, the compiler does the right thing and picks the
variable instead of the member function.

[Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]]

"Tor Iver Wilhelmsen" <to*****************@broadpark.no> wrote in message
news:uu***********@broadpark.no...

John Bailo <ja*****@earthlink.net> writes:

String BBB = BBB(company);

You can work around the "feature" using this.BBB(company), but it's
still somewhat puzzling, yes.

It likely stems from delegate invocation syntax.

In C# its entirely legal to do something like:

MyDelegate BBB = new MyDelegate(this.BBB);
BBB("company");

Thus, an invocation expression on a variable is legal in *some* situations,
so the particular example given is ambiguous in *some* cases.

Instead of trying to guess, the compiler does the right thing and picks the
variable instead of the member function.

[Eddie de Bear]

That's good for java.. It really is..

Practically however, if you where naming functions correctly, you would use
a verb for the method.. You know what a verb is, it's a doing word.. i.e.
GetSomething, DoSomething, CalculateSomething...
Compare that to a variable which is normal just a name...

Not only that, you should also consider clarity of code.. Most coding
standards (regardless of company) have different naming conventions that
prevent this sort of conflict, normally through casing and prefixing of
variables...

Personally, I think if you ever get confused with something like this, or if
you think this is a serious problem, then the code you are writing is most
likely very unmaintainable...

Just my 2c..

Eddie de Bear

"John Bailo" wrote:

Create a method BBB

private String BBB(String s)
{
return s + "hello";
}

Then call the method with

String BBB = BBB(company);
This will work in java, but not in c#;