seniorLINQ
What is the internal working of SelectMany in execution pipeline?
Updated May 16, 2026
Short answer
SelectMany flattens nested sequences using nested iterators during enumeration.
Deep explanation
SelectMany creates an outer iterator and then for each element produces an inner enumerable. It maintains state to iterate inner sequences fully before moving to the next outer element. This flattening avoids nested loops at the consumer level but still executes logically equivalent nested iteration under the hood.
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