# C# 10.0 - .NET 6 and Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0
- [Record structs](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-10.0/record-structs.md) and `with` expressions on structs (`record struct Point(int X, int Y);`, `var newPoint = point with { X = 100 };`).
- [Global using directives](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-10.0/GlobalUsingDirective.md): `global using` directives avoid repeating the same `using` directives across many files in your program.
- [Improved definite assignment](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/improved-definite-assignment.md): definite assignment and nullability analysis better handle common patterns such as `dictionary?.TryGetValue(key, out value) == true`.
- [Constant interpolated strings](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/constant_interpolated_strings.md): interpolated strings composed of constants are themselves constants.
- [Extended property patterns](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/extended-property-patterns.md): property patterns allow accessing nested members (`if (e is MethodCallExpression { Method.Name: "MethodName" })`).
- [Sealed record ToString](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/4174): a record can inherit a base record with a sealed `ToString`.
- [Incremental source generators](https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/main/docs/features/incremental-generators.md): improve the source generation experience in large projects by breaking down the source generation pipeline and caching intermediate results.
- [Mixed deconstructions](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/125): deconstruction-assignments and deconstruction-declarations can be blended together (`(existingLocal, var declaredLocal) = expression`).
- [Method-level AsyncMethodBuilder](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/async-method-builders.md): the AsyncMethodBuilder used to compile an `async` method can be overridden locally.
- [#line span directive](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/enhanced-line-directives.md): allow source generators like Razor fine-grained control of the line mapping with `#line` directives that specify the destination span (`#line (startLine, startChar) - (endLine, endChar) charOffset "fileName"`).
- [Lambda improvements](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/lambda-improvements.md): attributes and return types are allowed on lambdas; lambdas and method groups have a natural delegate type (`var f = short () => 1;`).
- [Interpolated string handlers](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/improved-interpolated-strings.md): interpolated string handler types allow efficient formatting of interpolated strings in assignments and invocations.
- [File-scoped namespaces](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/file-scoped-namespaces.md): files with a single namespace don't need extra braces or indentation (`namespace X.Y.Z;`).
- [Parameterless struct constructors](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/parameterless-struct-constructors.md): support parameterless constructors and instance field initializers for struct types.
- [CallerArgumentExpression](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/proposals/csharp-10.0/caller-argument-expression.md): this attribute allows capturing the expressions passed to a method as strings.
- [Records](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/records.md) and `with` expressions: succinctly declare reference types with value semantics (`record Point(int X, int Y);`, `var newPoint = point with { X = 100 };`).
- [Init-only setters](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/init.md): init-only properties can be set during object creation (`int Property { get; init; }`).
- [Top-level statements](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/top-level-statements.md): the entry point logic of a program can be written without declaring an explicit type or `Main` method.
- [Pattern matching enhancements](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/patterns3.md): relational patterns (`is <30`),combinatorpatterns(`is>= 0 and <= 100`, `case 3 or 4:`, `is not null`), parenthesized patterns (`is int and (<0or> 100)`), type patterns (`case Type:`).
- [Native sized integers](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/native-integers.md): the numeric types `nint` and `nuint` match the platform memory size.
- [Function pointers](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/function-pointers.md): enable high-performance code leveraging IL instructions `ldftn` and `calli` (`delegate* <int,void> local;`)
- [Suppress emitting `localsinit` flag](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/skip-localsinit.md): attributing a method with `[SkipLocalsInit]` will suppress emitting the `localsinit` flag to reduce cost of zero-initialization.
- [Target-typed new expressions](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/target-typed-new.md): `Point p = new(42, 43);`.
- [Static anonymous functions](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/static-anonymous-functions.md): ensure that anonymous functions don't capture `this` or local variables (`static () => { ... };`).
- [Target-typed conditional expressions](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/target-typed-conditional-expression.md): conditional expressions which lack a natural type can be target-typed (`int? x = b ? 1 : null;`).
- [Covariant return types](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/covariant-returns.md): a method override on reference types can declare a more derived return type.
- [Lambda discard parameters](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/lambda-discard-parameters.md): multiple parameters `_` appearing in a lambda are allowed and are discards.
- [Attributes on local functions](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/local-function-attributes.md).
- [Module initializers](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/module-initializers.md): a method attributed with `[ModuleInitializer]` will be executed before any other code in the assembly.
- [Extension `GetEnumerator`](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/extension-getenumerator.md): an extension `GetEnumerator` method can be used in a `foreach`.
- [Partial methods with returned values](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-9.0/extending-partial-methods.md): partial methods can have any accessibility, return a type other than `void` and use `out` parameters, but must be implemented.
# C# 8.0 - .NET Core 3.0 and Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3
- [Nullable reference types](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-8.0/nullable-reference-types-specification.md): express nullability intent on reference types with `?`, `notnull` constraint and annotations attributes in APIs, the compiler will use those to try and detect possible `null` values being dereferenced or passed to unsuitable APIs.
- [Default interface members](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-8.0/default-interface-methods.md): interfaces can now have members with default implementations, as well as static/private/protected/internal members except for state (ie. no fields).
- [Recursive patterns](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-8.0/patterns.md): positional and property patterns allow testing deeper into an object, and switch expressions allow for testing multiple patterns and producing corresponding results in a compact fashion.
- [Async streams](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-8.0/async-streams.md): `await foreach` and `await using` allow for asynchronous enumeration and disposal of `IAsyncEnumerable<T>` collections and `IAsyncDisposable` resources, and async-iterator methods allow convenient implementation of such asynchronous streams.
- [Enhanced using](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-8.0/using.md): a `using` declaration is added with an implicit scope and `using` statements and declarations allow disposal of `ref` structs using a pattern.
- [Ranges and indexes](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-8.0/ranges.md): the `i..j` syntax allows constructing `System.Range` instances, the `^k` syntax allows constructing `System.Index` instances, and those can be used to index/slice collections.
- [Null-coalescing assignment](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/34): `??=` allows conditionally assigning when the value is null.
- [Static local functions](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/1565): local functions modified with `static` cannot capture `this` or local variables, and local function parameters now shadow locals in parent scopes.
- [Unmanaged generic structs](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/1744): generic struct types that only have unmanaged fields are now considered unmanaged (ie. they satisfy the `unmanaged` constraint).
- [Readonly members](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/1710): individual members can now be marked as `readonly` to indicate and enforce that they do not modify instance state.
- [Stackalloc in nested contexts](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/1412): `stackalloc` expressions are now allowed in more expression contexts.
- [Alternative interpolated verbatim strings](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/1630): `@$"..."` strings are recognized as interpolated verbatim strings just like `$@"..."`.
- [Obsolete on property accessors](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/2152): property accessors can now be individually marked as obsolete.
- [Permit `t is null` on unconstrained type parameter](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/1284)
-`System.Enum`, `System.Delegate` and [`unmanaged`](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/blittable.md) constraints.
- [Ref local re-assignment](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/ref-local-reassignment.md): Ref locals and ref parameters can now be reassigned with the ref assignment operator (`= ref`).
- [Stackalloc initializers](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/stackalloc-array-initializers.md): Stack-allocated arrays can now be initialized, e.g. `Span<int> x = stackalloc[] { 1, 2, 3 };`.
- [Indexing movable fixed buffers](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/indexing-movable-fixed-fields.md): Fixed buffers can be indexed into without first being pinned.
- [Custom `fixed` statement](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/pattern-based-fixed.md): Types that implement a suitable `GetPinnableReference` can be used in a `fixed` statement.
- [Improved overload candidates](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/improved-overload-candidates.md): Some overload resolution candidates can be ruled out early, thus reducing ambiguities.
- [Expression variables in initializers and queries](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/expression-variables-in-initializers.md): Expression variables like `out var` and pattern variables are allowed in field initializers, constructor initializers and LINQ queries.
- [Tuple comparison](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/tuple-equality.md): Tuples can now be compared with `==` and `!=`.
- [Attributes on backing fields](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/proposals/csharp-7.3/auto-prop-field-attrs.md): Allows `[field: …]` attributes on an auto-implemented property to target its backing field.
# [C# 3](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb308966.aspx) - Visual Studio 2008
- [Implicitly typed local variables](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/implicitly-typed-local-variables)
- [Object and collection initializers](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/object-and-collection-initializers)