https://www.strathweb.com/categories/linq/ Recent content in Linq on Strathweb. A free flowing tech monologue. Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:02:31 +0000 https://www.strathweb.com/2012/03/linq-foreach-iteration-variable-capturing-and-how-its-fixed-in-visual-studio-11/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:02:31 +0000 https://www.strathweb.com/2012/03/linq-foreach-iteration-variable-capturing-and-how-its-fixed-in-visual-studio-11/ <p>A while a go, the C# community got surprised by another <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotcha_(programming)" target="_blank">GOTCHA</a>, discovering that using a foreach iteration variable inside a LINQ query, may not always yield the expected results. The variable gets captured by the foreach loop and, due to the evil work of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(computer_science)" target="_blank">closure</a>, it remains scoped outside of the LINQ query itself living its own life so to speak. This has now been corrected in the Visual Studio 11 Beta.</p>