Are These Two Event Handler Examples Equivalent?

Question

I have found 2 examples of adding an event handler in C#.  The even handler is (obviously) the method named b2_FlashProgressChanged.  Are both of these two forms valid and equivalent?
BackgroundWorker bw = new BackgroundWorker();
bw.ProgressChanged += bw_FlashProgressChanged;
bw.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(this.bw_FlashProgressChanged);
private void bw_FlashProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
MCSD .NET developer in Dallas, Texas

Answer 1

Yes. In the initial releases of C# the compiler could not infer the type of a method given just its name so you had to explicitly wrap it in event handler. But a long time back the compiler was updated to allow for type inferencing such that the compiler
can verify that a method name matches the signature of a delegate and therefore does not need the explicit conversion anymore. You should prefer the first syntax when possible as it is less typing and easier to read IMO.
Michael Taylor
http://blogs.msmvps.com/p3net