Question

A:

new Thread(new ThreadStart(ListenForResponse)) { IsBackground = true }.Start();

B:

ThreadStart threadStart = new ThreadStart(ListenForResponse);

Thread listeningThread = new Thread(threadStart);

listeningThread.IsBackground = true;

listeningThread.Start();

As far as I can tell they are functionally equivalent. I’m just wondering which is preferred. Which would you rather see in a project?

Answer 1

I prefer this:

Thread listeningThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(ListenForResponse))
{
    IsBackground = true
}

listeningThread.Start();

This question is quite subjective, though.

If you are setting more parameters on the various objects, the one-liner version starts to get hard to read.

On the other hand, writing everything out explicitly for the simple case can be wordy and clutter the meaning of what’s going on.

Also, a personal pet peeve is putting a function call waaay at the end of the line, where it is hard to see, as in your first example.
Even if you want to use that syntax, I would prefer to see the .Start() on its own line.