VB.NET class inherits a base class and implements an interface issue (works in C#)

Question

I am trying to create a class in VB.NET which inherits a base abstract class and also implements an interface. The interface declares a string property called Description. T

Answer 1

This is a strange issue and it clearly shows a difference between the C# and VB.NET compilers. I would suggest that you do implement the interface on the abstract base class as this will make the VB.NET compiler happy and at execution time your child class will still have metadata indicating that it does in fact implement IFoo.

Is there a specific reason that the child class must be the one to declare that it implements the interface?