Did you know...? (using syntax in C#)

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Most of the C# files I read are structured similarly to the following...

 

/*

  * My fancy header du jour.

  */

 

using System;

using System.Data;

using Other.Stuff;

 

namespace My.Namespace.Is.Better.Than.Yours

{

  // Code goes here.

}

 

Personally, I've adopted the following convention. Note where the using statements were moved to.

 

/*

  * Yes, I have a fancy header, as well.

  */

 

namespace My.Namespace.Is.Better.Than.Yours

{

  using System;

  using System.Data;

  using Other.Stuff;

 

  // Code goes here.
}

 

This limits the scope of the using statements to the enclosing curly braces. Which means that I can get my 10 file project, run a copy command from a console, and get a neat, single-file project, that ends up looking like this:

 

/* The first file */

namespace Whatever

{

  using Foo;

  // Code

}

 

/* The second file */

namespace BlahBlahBlah

{

  using Something.That.Might.Otherwise.Conflict;

  // Code

}

...

 

And, for those of you who don't quite remember how the syntax was for the copy command in "append stuff mode", here y'go.

 

copy file1.cs + file2.cs + file3.cs MyReallyLargeFile.cs

 

 

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