Why is there not a `fieldof` or `methodof` operator in C#? [closed]

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You can actually avoid using both reflection and lambdas (.NET Framework 2.0). Consider the following class:

public class methodof<T>
{
    private MethodInfo method;

    public methodof(T func)
    {
        Delegate del = (Delegate)(object)func;
        this.method = del.Method;
    }

    public static implicit operator methodof<T>(T methodof)
    {
        return new methodof<T>(methodof);
    }

    public static implicit operator MethodInfo(methodof<T> methodof)
    {
        return methodof.method;
    }
}

and it’s usage:

MethodInfo writeln = (methodof<Action>)Console.WriteLine;
MethodInfo parse = (methodof<Func<string, int>>)int.Parse;

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