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    <p>I have the following method, and <strong>I want to know if there is anything that can go in place default(void) below</strong> because there is a compiler error that says that void is not valid here:</p> <pre><code>private void applyDefaultsIfNecessary(ApplicationConfiguration configuration) { var defaults = new Dictionary&lt;Predicate&lt;ApplicationConfiguration&gt;, Action&lt;ApplicationConfiguration&gt;&gt;() { // { rule, action } - if rule is true, execute action { (c) =&gt; c.ConnectionString == null , (c) =&gt; c.ConnectionString = "foo" }, { (c) =&gt; c.OutputExcelFilePath == null, (c) =&gt; c.ConnectionString = "bar" }, { (c) =&gt; c.OutputDirectory == null, (c) =&gt; c.OutputDirectory = "baz" } }; //Nothing to select, but we want to loop throough the dict and invoke action, if rule is true. //It is a pity there is no extension method called DoForEach on collections. defaults.Select((item) =&gt; item.Key.Invoke(configuration) ? item.Value.Invoke(configuration) : default(void) ); } </code></pre> <p>I realize that I can use the if-else statement instead of the ternary operator (or that I could call a dummy method to return void). Also, the Select extension method does not like lambdas that return void. It seems to say that the type cannot be inferred, but of course if I specify the type like this, either:</p> <pre><code>defaults.Select&lt;ApplicationConfiguration, void&gt;((item) =&gt; { if (item.Key.Invoke(configuration)) item.Value.Invoke(configuration); } ); </code></pre> <p>I was curious from a language design standpoint, why we don't have expressions that can return void or the data type for variables that is void.</p>
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    1. CO"It is a pity there is no extension method called DoForEach on collections" it takes about 3 lines of code to add an extenssion to IEnumerable to do just that
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    2. COAre you sure you don't mean return NULL instead of void?
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    3. CO@Remus Rusanu: Read this - there's a good reason that wasn't added. In my opinion, it's a shame they did it on List<T>: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2009/05/18/foreach-vs-foreach.aspx
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