.NET - Replacing nested using statements with single using statement

Question

If you came across some C# code like this with nested using statements/resources:

using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
    using (         


        

Answer 1

FWIW, here's another way to spell your original example which may satisfy any dismay over nesting:

using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
using (var reader = new BinaryReader(responseStream))
{
    // do something with reader
}

Whether the reader disposes of the stream is really a function of the reader, not the 'using'. As I recall that is often what the behavior with readers is--they take ownership of the stream and dispose of it when the reader is itself closed. But the form I've provided above should be fine.