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C# C# Basics Methods Variable Scope

Posted by Rajat Kadia
Rajat Kadia
487 Points

How did method name MyMethod() got executed ?

How did method name MyMethod() got executed even though it was not called in Main method and compiler threw an error ? since it was not called shouldn't that method MyMethod() was supposed to be ignored ?

2 Answers

Steven Vallarsa
Steven Vallarsa
10,842 Points
Steven Vallarsa
Steven Vallarsa
10,842 Points

The MyMethod() method didn't get called. But the compiler checks everything anyway, even if it isn't going to be used, and throws the appropriate errors.

Rajat Kadia
Rajat Kadia
604 Points
Rajat Kadia
Rajat Kadia
604 Points

In real world you can't be sure that someone else won't call that method at runtime using reflection. Your code MUST compile or it's not valid code - if it's never used... comment it out! Hopefully this answers your question.