C# why shall I use “new” keyword when subscribing for an event?

Question

What is the difference between following 2 ways of subscribing for an event?

receiver.ConfigChanged += Config_ConfigChanged;

receiver.ConfigChanged += new E         


        

Answer 1

Visual Studio's TAB event auto-complete always defaults to the .Net 1.0 way of doing things regardless of what edition of the framework you are using. You may find some people who are used to reading the older way of doing things. I only came across the less verbose way through using Resharper!

Here's an MSDN article on event subscription - it says exactly what @CodeInChaos just confirmed: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms366768%28v=vs.80%29.aspx