Nested using statements in C#

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I am working on a project. I have to compare the contents of two files and see if they match each other precisely.

Before a lot of error-checking and validation, my first draft is:

  DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\TestArea\\");
  FileInfo[] files = di.GetFiles(filename + ".*");

  FileInfo outputFile = files.Where(f => f.Extension == ".out").Single<FileInfo>();
  FileInfo expectedFile = files.Where(f => f.Extension == ".exp").Single <FileInfo>();

  using (StreamReader outFile = new StreamReader(outputFile.OpenRead()))
  {
    using (StreamReader expFile = new StreamReader(expectedFile.OpenRead()))
    {
      while (!(outFile.EndOfStream || expFile.EndOfStream))
      {
        if (outFile.ReadLine() != expFile.ReadLine())
        {
          return false;
        }
      }
      return (outFile.EndOfStream && expFile.EndOfStream);
    }
  }

It seems a little odd to have nested using statements.

Is there a better way to do this?

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17 Answers

Since C# 8.0 you can use a using declaration.

using var outFile = new StreamReader(outputFile.OpenRead());
using var expFile = new StreamReader(expectedFile.OpenRead());
while (!(outFile.EndOfStream || expFile.EndOfStream))
{
    if (outFile.ReadLine() != expFile.ReadLine())
    {
         return false;
    }
}
return (outFile.EndOfStream && expFile.EndOfStream);

This will dispose of the using variables in the end of the scope of the variables, i.e. in the end of the method.

Admin1

Its the normal way of use and works perfect. Although there are some other ways of implementing this. Almost every answer is already present in this question's response. But here I am listing all of them together.

Already Used

using (StreamReader outFile = new StreamReader(outputFile.OpenRead()))
  {
    using (StreamReader expFile = new StreamReader(expectedFile.OpenRead()))
    {
      while (!(outFile.EndOfStream || expFile.EndOfStream))
      {
        if (outFile.ReadLine() != expFile.ReadLine())
        return false;
      }
    }
  }

Option 1

using (StreamReader outFile = new StreamReader(outputFile.OpenRead()))
    using (StreamReader expFile = new StreamReader(expectedFile.OpenRead()))
    {
      while (!(outFile.EndOfStream || expFile.EndOfStream))
      {
        if (outFile.ReadLine() != expFile.ReadLine())
        return false;
      }
    }
  }

Option 2

using (StreamReader outFile = new StreamReader(outputFile.OpenRead()),
                    expFile = new StreamReader(expectedFile.OpenRead()))
   {
      while (!(outFile.EndOfStream || expFile.EndOfStream))
       {
         if (outFile.ReadLine() != expFile.ReadLine())
         return false;
       }
    }
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