Visual Basic .NET Handling of Reserved Words

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Visual Basic .NET Unleashed
By Paul Kimmel
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Visual Basic .NET allows you to use reserved words in code. If you accidentally use a reserved word, such as Enum, as a variable, the IDE will place square brackets around the word. You can then use the reserved word in a non-reserved way as long as every occurrence has the brackets around the reserved word.

Using reserved words in this way probably isn't a good idea because it may lead to confusing, unsightly code. It's also a safe bet that this quirk won't survive for long.

Unfortunately, there are times when you may not be able to avoid using keywords, especially when they define a type. The System.Reflection namespace defines the type Assembly. Assembly is both a type and a keyword. When you declare Assembly variables , the code editor will add the brackets around the Assembly type declaration but may not always add the brackets, especially when a reserved word is used as a variable name .


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Visual BasicR. NET Unleashed
Visual BasicR. NET Unleashed
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Year: 2001
Pages: 222

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