Is there an actual difference in the 2 different ways of attaching event handlers in C#?

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In C# is there any real difference (other than syntax) under the hood between:

myButton.Click += new EventHandler(myMemberMethod);

and

myButton.Click += myMemberMethod;

?

possible duplicate of [C# Event handlers](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26877/c-sharp-event-handlers) — nawfal, Jul 06 '14 at 20:38

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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The second method is a shortcut to the first one, it was introduced in C# 2.0

See also this thread.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Oct 18 '08 at 01:31

Alexander Kojevnikov

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '08 at 01:33

They are exactly the same, its called syntax sugar.

There are a lot of things that arent needed, to get a better idea of them while programming you should try something like Resharper. It will color the unnecessary code in Grey. Not to mention a whole myriad of incredible tools and refactorings.

Is there an actual difference in the 2 different ways of attaching event handlers in C#?

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