What is new without type in C#?
I met the following code at work:
throw new("some string goes here");
Is the new("some string goes here") a way to create strings in C# or is it something else?
The new() creates an object of a type that can be inferred from context.
So instead of:
throw new System.Exception("hi");
you can use this abbreviated form instead:
throw new ("hi");
Similarly,
var s = new string("hello");
can be replaced with:
string s = new("hello");
In the specific case of throw, throw new() is a shorthand for throw new Exception(). The feature was introduced in c# 9 and you can find the documentation as Target-typed new expressions.
As you can see, there are quite a few places where it can be used (whenever the type to be created can be inferred) to make code shorter.
The place where I like it the most is for fields/properties:
private readonly Dictionary<SomeVeryLongName, List<AnotherTooLongName>> _data = new();
As an added note, throwing Exception is discouraged as it's not specific enough for most cases, so I'd not really recommend doing throw new ("error");. There are quite a lot of specific exceptions to use, and if none of those would work, consider creating a custom exception.