Question

Given the following MSDN sample code, why can’t I define the Action delegate “inline”:

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Action someAction = () => Console.WriteLine("Hello from the thread pool!");

    Task.Factory.StartNew(someAction);
}

…so “inline” like:

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Task.Factory.StartNew(Action someAction = () => Console.WriteLine("etc."));
}

Thanks,

Scott

Answer 1

This isn’t valid C#:

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Task.Factory.StartNew(Action someAction = () => Console.WriteLine("etc."));
}

Do this instead:

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Task.Factory.StartNew(() => Console.WriteLine("etc."));
}