Why does C# not define an addition operation for char's?

Question

As the title says. Related to this question.

Why does the following code not work? It seems reasonable logically.

string foo = \'a\' + \'b\'; // Fail         


        

Answer 1

What you are really looking for is this:

string foo = String.Concat('a', 'b');

Which is what the compiler does with the '+' operator on strings anyways.

This is about twice as fast as any String.Format operation.