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Nullable Types In VB 2005

In one of the MSDN articles on the C# enhancements for the 2005 version, there is a mention of Nullable Types (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/2005/overview/language/nullabletypes/).
Will Nullable Types be also available in VB 2005? I hope so, as Nullable Types is the only language feature that I find compelling enough to make me want to switch.
[440 byte] By [AK] at [2008-1-26]
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# 1

Nullable types will be available for all languages, as it is implemented within the .NET Framework. However, VB will not have the same support as C#.

For example:



Dim nullable As Nullable(Of Integer)

If (Not nullable.HasValue) Then
' Do something
End If

This can be done in C#, like so:



int? nullable = 10;

if (nullable == null)
{
// Do something
}

DavidM.Kean at 2007-8-21 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Basic,Visual Basic Language...
# 2
Thank you David. That's good news. Do the support differences that you are referring to, go beyond the syntactical differences that you show in your example?
AK at 2007-8-21 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Basic,Visual Basic Language...
# 3
A.K.

No the differences don't go beyond syntax. You have the same support in VB, you just have fully write out the name of the Nullable type.

DavidM.Kean at 2007-8-21 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Basic,Visual Basic Language...
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