Nested object initializer syntax
Resharper has just suggested the following refactoring to me: // Constructor initializes InitializedProperty but // the UninitializedSubproperty is uninitialized. var myInstance = new MyClass(); myInstance.InitializedProperty.UninitializedSubproperty = new MyOtherClass(); // becomes var myInstance = new MyClass { InitializedProperty = { UninitializedSubproperty = new MyOtherClass() } }; I've never seen this kind of object initialization before. In particular I don't see how InitializedProperty = { UninitializedSubproperty = new MyOtherClass() } makes any sense - it's not assigning anything to