Consider the following code:

// module level declaration
Socket _client;

void ProcessSocket() {
    _client = GetSocketFromSomewhere();
    using (_client) {
        DoStuff();  // receive and send data

        Close();
    }
}

void Close() {
    _client.Close();
    _client = null;
}

Given that that the code calls the Close() method, which closes the _client socket and sets it to null, while still inside the `using' block, what exactly happens behind the scenes? Does the socket really get closed? Are there side effects?

P.S. This is using C# 3.0 on the .NET MicroFramework, but I suppose the c#, the language, should function identically. The reason i am asking is that occasionally, very rarely, I run out of sockets (which is a very precious resource on a .NET MF devices).