The new feature is only available in C# 8 or greater,so add below statement in csproj file
<LangVersion>8</LangVersion>
<PropertyGroup> <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration> <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform> <LangVersion>8</LangVersion> <ProjectGuid>{BE2A508B-D299-4882-961F-E5DDD76123EF}</ProjectGuid> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> <RootNamespace>ConsoleApp1</RootNamespace> <AssemblyName>ConsoleApp1</AssemblyName> <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.8</TargetFrameworkVersion> <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment> <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects> <Deterministic>true</Deterministic> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' "> <LangVersion>8</LangVersion> <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget> <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols> <DebugType>full</DebugType> <Optimize>false</Optimize> <OutputPath>binDebug</OutputPath> <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants> <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport> <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' "> <LangVersion>8</LangVersion> <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget> <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType> <Optimize>true</Optimize> <OutputPath>binRelease</OutputPath> <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants> <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport> <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel> </PropertyGroup>
static void UsingDeclarations()
{
if(File.Exists("file.txt"))
{
using var reader = File.OpenText("file.txt");
Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadToEnd());
}
}