Null-conditional Operators Compatibility

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The Null-conditional Operators has supposedly been introduced in C# 6.0 (or .NET Framework 4.6). However, my project uses the 4.5.2 version of the framework (C# 5.0). While I'm using Visual Studio 2015, the IDE seems to understand the new notation and compiles/works properly. However, I'm confused about whether the project would still work upon publish. My development machine has 4.6 installed but the production server might not.

In other words, is the Null-conditional Operators really compatible with 4.5.2 or am I missing something?

It's part of the compiler, not the framework. – juharr Aug 11 '16 at 17:30 — juharr, Aug 11 '16 at 17:30

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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C# 6 works on the NET 4.5.1. You don't need .Net 4.6.

For more see Does C# 6.0 work for .NET 4.0?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Aug 11 '16 at 17:29

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Is Visual Studio 2013 or 2015 required in this case? – radarbob Jan 13 '17 at 15:42
No it isn't required. So you need only to install the compiler – Suren Srapyan Jan 13 '17 at 15:46

Null-conditional Operators Compatibility

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