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by Kipters 3326 days ago
More often snippets like this can be even more straightforward:

  var somestuff = from x in someList
                  where x.Id > 7
                  select x.Name
1 comments
douche 3326 days ago
Except when you have to wrap it in parentheses and tack a .ToList() onto the end of it, or use something outside the subset that the query syntax supports, it starts looking considerably more ugly than chaining the functions together.
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WorldMaker 3325 days ago
The obvious answer is don't wrap a good query in parentheses, use a second line:

    var somestuff = from x in someList
                    where x.Id > 7
                    select x.Name;

    var somestuffList = somestuff.ToList();
For what it is worth, I personally consider ToList() harmful. I've done a lot of LINQ performance work and the first place I start is with a project-wide search for ToList and start to delete and/or replace calls to ToList to things more appropriate. List is more often than not the wrong data structure for a query result and I've seen too many people use ToList as a debugging crutch without understanding its performance impact.
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