More fluent C# / .NET

Question

A co-worker of mine came up with this and I wonder what others think? Personally, I find it interesting but wonder if it is too big a departure? Code examples below. Extensi

Answer 1

I'd say stick with the first version. What you've posted is too clever to be immediately useful to someone reading the code.

You could even go a step further and do away with that "var":

DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList) Page.FindControl("ddlName");