using statement with multiple variables [duplicate]

Question

Is it possible to make this code a little more compact by somehow declaring the 2 variable inside the same using block?

using (var sr = new StringReader(content)) {     using (var xtr = new XmlTextReader(sr))     {         obj = XmlSerializer.Deserialize(xtr) as TModel;     } } 

Answer 1

The accepted way is just to chain the statements:

using (var sr = new StringReader(content)) using (var xtr = new XmlTextReader(sr)) {     obj = XmlSerializer.Deserialize(xtr) as TModel; } 

Note that the IDE will also support this indentation, i.e. it intentionally won’t try to indent the second using statement.

Answer 2

The following only works for instances of the same type! Thanks for the comments.

This sample code is from MSDN:

using (Font font3 = new Font("Arial", 10.0f), font4 = new Font("Arial", 10.0f)) {     // Use font3 and font4. }