what is the difference between "MouseDown+=new MouseEventHandler(mouseDown)" and MouseDown+=mouseDown

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While i am using resharper he always say

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what is the difference?

any details will be nice

Thanks for you all.

possible duplicate of [+= new EventHandler(Method) vs += Method](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2749868/new-eventhandlermethod-vs-method) or [Should I instantiate a new delegate or not?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4676399/should-i-instantiate-a-new-delegate-or-not) or [Difference between wiring events using “new EventHandler” and not using new EventHandler"?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5468868/difference-between-wiring-events-using-new-eventhandlert-and-not-using-new-e) — SwDevMan81, Mar 29 '12 at 20:23
Or [C#: Difference between ' += anEvent' and ' += new EventHandler(anEvent)'](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/550703/c-difference-between-anevent-and-new-eventhandleranevent) — SwDevMan81, Mar 29 '12 at 20:28
bc resharper is a bloated hog eating your cpu like dorritos // only slightly sarcastic — payo, Mar 29 '12 at 22:30

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 29 '12 at 20:29

7

The shorter syntax has been introduced in C# 2.0 and it's just a syntactic sugar of the longer form.

No matter what you write, the result is always the same. However, the shorter is more readable.

edited Mar 29 '12 at 20:29

answered Mar 29 '12 at 20:22

Wiktor Zychla

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '12 at 20:22

4

There really is no difference. The "new MouseEventHandler" part is implied.

answered Mar 29 '12 at 20:22

Mike Parkhill

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