wrapping MemoryStream in a using

Question

I\'ve been told that System.IO.MemoryStream need not be wrapped in a using block because there is no underlying resource, this kinda goes against what i\'ve always

Answer 1

As Charlie said, it is a recommended practice to Dispose of all objects of classes that implements IDisposable.

If you look into the implementation of MemoryStream.Dispose(bool) (which is called by Stream.Dispose()), it becomes obvious you should be disposing of it since it updates a few control flags:

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
    try
    {
        if (disposing)
        {
            this._isOpen = false;
            this._writable = false;
            this._expandable = false;
        }
    }
    finally
    {
        base.Dispose(disposing);
    }
}