In C# you can use a property as both an lrvalue and rvalue at the same time like this :

int n = N = 1;

Here is a complete C# sample :

class Test
{
    static int n;

    static int N
    {
        get { System.Console.WriteLine("get"); return n; }
        set { System.Console.WriteLine("set"); n = value; }
    }

    static void Main()
    {
        int n = N = 1;

        System.Console.WriteLine("{0}/{1}", n, N);
    }
}

You can't do that in C++/CLI as the resulting type of the assignment expression "N = 1" is void.

EDIT: here is a C++/CLI sample that shows this :

ref class A
{
    public: static property int N;
};

int main()
{
    int n = A::N = 1;

    System::Console::WriteLine("{0}/{1}", n, A::N);
}

So what's the magic behind C# syntax allowing a void-expression to be used as a rvalue ?

Is this special treatment only available for properties or do you know other C# tricks like this ?