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What is the effect of closure capturing in LINQ queries?
Updated May 16, 2026
Short answer
Closures capture external variables, potentially causing unexpected behavior and memory overhead.
Deep explanation
When lambdas reference external variables, the compiler generates closure classes to store captured state. This can lead to unintended shared state across iterations and additional heap allocations. In long-lived queries, this may also increase GC pressure and introduce subtle bugs if variables change before execution.
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