Question

When extending classes, I find it very descriptive to use the base (MyBase in VB) keyword when accessing methods in the base-class. And the this (Me in VB) keyword when accessing functions in the class extending the base-class. That goes for a ‘flat’ structure with no inheritance as well.

I find it easier to read this:

public class World {     public String baseName = 'World'; }   public class Hello : World {     public String thisName = 'Hello';       public String GetNames()     {         return this.thisName + ' ' + base.baseName;     } } 

Than this:

...      public String GetNames()     {         return thisName + ' ' + baseName;     }  ... 

Now, my question is: is it possible to enforce the use of this and base at compile-time in Visual Studio/C#, so that the compiler throws an error or a warning if you do not use these keywords in your code?

Answer 1

Have a look at StyleCop.

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis

There are some rules in there that should do what you want. You can configure it to show any style violations as warnings or errors.