There is braces in a C# Class name

Question

I have a class from somewhere. The name is strange, it is called "Something[into]ABC.cs". Is it valid for "[into]" in a class name?

Answer 1

It should be noted that the CLI allows names that are illegal in C# (a trick that the C# compiler itself exploits when it "names" anonymous types): however - a type name cannot contain . (that would signify a namaspace), and a little checking shows that [ / ] must be escaped when used in names; so it would be a\\[b\\] (or a\\\\[b\\\\] when written as a C# string). I think we can conclude, therefore, that you do not have a class named Something[into]ABC.cs . I suspect you have a file named that instead, with the class somewhat more sane.

File names do not define the class name, although it is considered polite to keep the two in sync.