Using extension methods in .NET 2.0?

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Like so:

// you need this once (only), and it must be in this namespace
namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices
{
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly | AttributeTargets.Class
         | AttributeTargets.Method)]
    public sealed class ExtensionAttribute : Attribute {}
}
// you can have as many of these as you like, in any namespaces
public static class MyExtensionMethods {
    public static int MeasureDisplayStringWidth (
            this Graphics graphics, string text )
    {
           /* ... */
    }
}

Alternatively; just add a reference to LINQBridge.

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