VB.NET equivalent of a nameless variable in C#?

Question

In C#, you can do this:

new MyClass().MyMethod();

The method is executed and the reference is (typically) discarded since no reference to the object is kept.

My question is: Is this possible with VB.NET (.NET v4)?

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Edit: I suppose this is a better example:

new Thread((x) => doSomething()).Start();

Is this even possible in VB.NET?

Answer 1

VB.NET has stricter rules about the syntax of a statement. The curly-brace languages allow any expression to also be a statement, simply by terminating it with a semi-colon. That's not the case for VB.NET. You can only use this syntax if the method you call is a Function. Which allows you to use the assignment statement:

    Dim result = New Test().Func()

If it is a Sub then you'll have to use the assignment statement to store the object reference. This otherwise has no runtime effect, the reference is optimized away.