Using Linq to objects, how to create an empty dictionary of <string, string> easily?

c#, linq

Solution

No there is no equivalent...

The purpose of `Enumerable.Empty<T>()` is to return a "cached" instance of an empty array. So you can avoid the overhead of creating a new array (`return new T[0];`).

You cannot translate this to a non-readonly structure like a `IDictionary<TKey, TValue>` or `Dictionary<TKey, TValue>` since the returned instance might be modified later and would therefore invalidate the purpose...

Problem

To create an empty sequence one uses the following ``` var empty = Enumerable.Empty<string> (); ``` Is there an equivalent for creating an empty dictionary as easily as this?

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