Anonymous Types

Question

I have a Dictionary(TKey, TValue) like

Dictionary Deduction_Employees = 
    new Dictionary();

Answer 1

An anonymous type has method scope. To pass an anonymous type, or a collection that contains anonymous types, outside a method boundary, you must first cast the type to object. However, this defeats the strong typing of the anonymous type. If you must store your query results or pass them outside the method boundary, consider using an ordinary named struct or class instead of an anonymous type.

Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397696.aspx