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I’m a C# developer working on a VB.NET project, and VS keeps trying to get me to use the := thingie when I call a function with a ByRef parameter like so:
While reader.Read()
HydrateBookFromReader(reader:=???)
the HydrateBookFromReader function has the following signature:
Public Function HydrateBookFromReader(ByRef reader As SqlDataReader) As Book
Why does intellisense keep insisting that I use that := construction, and what is it for?
In VB, the := is used in specifying named parameters.
This is especially useful for specifying optional parameters.