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M

M and m suffixes to specify a 

decimal, 40, 46

Main( ), 21, 110, 116, 200–202, 205, 

480–481

and command-line arguments, 

200–202

MainMenu class, 859, 860, 862, 

863, 864

MainMenuStrip property, 864

Managed code, 9, 585, 586

Manifest, assembly, 457

ManualResetEvent class, 737–739

Math class, 38, 39, 193, 617–623

methods, table of, 618–621

Max( ),  619

extension method, 578–579

MaxGeneration property, 657

MaxValue field, 624, 628, 630, 635

Member(s), class, 12, 109

access and inheritance, 272–276

controlling access to, 110, 

165–172

dot operator to access, 111, 

119, 205

static, 205

MemberInfo class, 463–464, 465, 

472, 485

MemberType property, 463

MemberTypes enumeration, 463

MemberwiseClone( ), 306, 659, 

660, 662

Memory allocation

using new, 115, 130, 131

using stackalloc, 596

Memory management, 657–658

MemoryStream class, 365, 392–394

Menu class, 859, 860

Menu property, 859, 861

Menu(s), Windows, 849, 852, 859–866

creating a new-style, 863–866

creating traditional, 859–863

MenuItem class, 859, 860, 864

MenuItems property, 859, 860, 864

MenuStrip class, 859, 863, 864

Message box, 856–858

Message property of Exception, 

351–352

MessageBox class, 856

MessageBoxButtons enumeration, 856

Metadata, 8, 483

type, 457

MetadataToken property, 463

Method property, 826, 835

Method(s), 12, 21, 116–126

abstract, 301–304, 311

anonymous, 408–413, 417, 

429, 430

base to access hidden, using, 

283, 284–285

calling, 119, 469–471

class factory, 186–187

conditional, 491–492

and covariance and 

contravariance, 406–408

delegates and, 399–413

dispatch, dynamic, 294

dot operator (.) and, 111, 119, 205

extension.

See

 Extension 

methods

extern, 609–610

general form of, 116

generic.

See

 Generic method(s)

group conversion, 402, 403

and interfaces, 311–312, 313

and multicasting, 404–406

operator, 213–214, 220–224

overloading, 188–193, 542–543

overriding.

See

Overriding,

method

and parameters. 

See

Parameter(s)

partial, 7, 604–605

passing objects (reference types) 

to, 172–176

private members accessed by 

public, 165, 167, 168, 171

recursive, 202–205, 354

reflection to obtain information 

about, using, 465–469

return type of, 121

returning arrays from, 187–188

returning from, 119–120

returning objects from, 185–188

returning a value from, 120–122

returning more than one value 

from, 176, 178–181

scope defined by, 52–54

signature, 193

static, 21, 205, 206–208, 301

unreachable code and, 126

virtual, 291, 294–301, 305, 

540–542

MethodBase class, 465, 472

MethodImplAttribute attribute, 

728–729

MethodImplOptions.Synchronized 

attribute, 728

MethodInfo class, 465, 469, 472

MFC (Microsoft Foundation 

Classes), 848

Microsoft Intermediate Language 

(MSIL), 8, 15, 457, 543

Min( ),  619–620

extension method, 578–579

MinusOne field, 635

MinValue field, 624, 628, 630, 635

Modifiers property, 369–370

Module property, 463

Modulus operator (%), 63–64

Monitor class, 723

MoveNext( ), 754, 778, 808, 809, 810, 

811, 812

MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate 

Language), 8, 15, 457, 543

Multicasting

delegates and, 404–406

and events, 421–422

Multiply( ),  632

Multitasking, 703–704

process-based, using, 747–748

thread-based vs. 

process-based, 703

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Multithreaded programming, 

605–606 703–748

and deadlock, 727, 745

and race conditions, 727

synchronization and. 

See

Synchronization

and threads. 

See

 Thread(s)

tips for effective, 747

Mutex, 730–733, 745

named, 733

MutexSecurity, 733