How do I use a C# reserved keyword as a property name without the @ prefix?

Question

I need to design a class where one property name has to be return, but when I create a property name like return then I get an error.

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Answer 1

You can't. It is a reserved keyword. That means "you can't". Contrast to "contextual keywords" which usually means "we added this later, so we needed it to work in some pre-existing scenarios".

The moderate answer here is: use @return.

A better answer here is: rename your property. Perhaps ReturnValue.

There is also the option of, say, Return - but you might need to think about case-insensitive languages too.