What is the difference (if any) between “yield” and “yield return” in C#?

Question

I've traditionally used yield in C# without the return, eg:

IEnumerable<T> Foobar() {
   foreach( var foo in _stuff ) {
      yield foo;
   }
}

But in other examples I've seen it written as "yield return foo;", see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9k7k7cf0%28VS.80%29.aspx .

Is there any difference?

Answer 1

C# does not allow yield all by itself - only yield return and yield break .

yield is a contextual keyword that is only recognized inside iterator blocks and only in conjunction with either return or break .