MS: Please release an assembly containing Func<> :)

The Func<> delegates are already useful, and are trivial to create on our own. However, without some canonical distribution of them, there are going to be problems coordinating the use of them pre-Linq.

Would it be possible to release a live MS version of them, not bound into the Linq preview, to eventually be folded into the main framework, so we can all use the exact same namespace/version and not keep recreating things

Unless you've hidden them somewhere I haven't seen

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MS: Please release an assembly containing Func<> :)

ZaDDaZ
Add some Sub<> versions too

delegate void Sub();
delegate void Sub<A0>(A0 a0);
delegate void Sub<A0, A1>(A0 a0, A1 a1);

to handle void return types
StephenSaw
Those are the creatures, but they're contained in an unreleased-for-primetime assembly, EULA-wise.
Angie28
Sub would be an unfortunate name since it's a VB keyword.
Frosty1_4me

SProc<> :-)
James Downey

And "VoidFunc" sounds like a 80s Berlin techno group... :)
gcs_78
Action<> will do better, as it will be consistent with already defined System.Action<T>.

delegate void Action();
delegate void Action<A>(A a);
delegate void Action<A, B>(A a, B b);

Btw, in the very same way these delegates are defined in ECMA TR/89 http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-TR/TR-089.pdf
whoknowswhat
var et = new Sproc();
if (et.Wet) et.Toad();
CraigGuyer
Kieth,
These should be in System.Query.dll when you install the LINQ Preview. You can see the sources in sequence.cs which we also install with the LINQ Preview. Is this what you're looking for

namespace System.Query {
public delegate T Func<T>();
public delegate T Func<A0, T>(A0 arg0);
public delegate T Func<A0, A1, T>(A0 arg0, A1 arg1);
public delegate T Func<A0, A1, A2, T>(A0 arg0, A1 arg1, A2 arg2);
public delegate T Func<A0, A1, A2, A3, T>(A0 arg0, A1 arg1, A2 arg2, A3 arg3);
Andrius
Valid concern. But we don't have another release vehicle - having just released VS 2005 (and .NET Framework 2.0) short of these previews and forthcoming CTPs :-(
andyr2005
Oh, yeah. VB. ;) Heh I was a VB developer once upon a time.
How about "Routine<>"
MS: Please release an assembly containing Func<> :)

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