Question

Is there any difference at all between this:

dataContext.People.Select(ø => new {      Name = ø.Name, }); 

and this:

dataContext.People.Select(ø => new {      ø.Name, }); 

?

Answer 1

They are identical; if no name is specified (and the right-hand-side is a simple member-access) then the name of the existing member is assumed. The name is only necessary to:

• change the name to something else (for example Name = grp.Key)
• to give a name to a non-member-access expression (for example Count = grp.Count())