Microsoft documentation states that using has a double function (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zhdeatwt.aspx), both as a directive and in statements. As a statement, as it was pointed out here in other answers, the keyword is basically syntactic sugar to determine a scope to dispose an IDisposable object. As a directive, it is routinely used to import namespaces and types. Also as a directive, you can create aliases for namespaces and types, as pointed out in the book "C# 5.0 In a Nutshell: The Definitive Guide" (http://www.amazon.com/5-0-Nutshell-The-Definitive-Reference-ebook/dp/B008E6I1K8), by Joseph and Ben Albahari. One example:

namespace HelloWorld
{
    using AppFunc = Func<IDictionary<DateTime, string>, List<string>>;
    public class Startup
    {
        public static AppFunc OrderEvents() 
        {
            AppFunc appFunc = (IDictionary<DateTime, string> events) =>
            {
                if ((events != null) && (events.Count > 0))
                {
                    List<string> result = events.OrderBy(ev => ev.Key)
                        .Select(ev => ev.Value)
                        .ToList();
                    return result;
                }
                throw new ArgumentException("Event dictionary is null or empty.");
            };
            return appFunc;
        }
    }
}

这是一种明智的做法，因为滥用这种做法会损害代码的清晰性。在DotNetPearls (http://www.dotnetperls.com/using-alias)中有一个关于c#别名的很好的解释，也提到了优点和缺点。

当使用ADO时。NET中，你可以在connection对象或reader对象上使用keywork。这样，当代码块完成时，它将自动处理您的连接。

可以通过以下示例使用别名命名空间:

using LegacyEntities = CompanyFoo.CoreLib.x86.VBComponents.CompanyObjects;

正如你所看到的，这被称为使用别名指令，它可以用来隐藏冗长的引用，如果你想在你的代码中明显地引用什么 如。

LegacyEntities.Account

而不是

CompanyFoo.CoreLib.x86.VBComponents.CompanyObjects.Account

或者简单地

Account   // It is not obvious this is a legacy entity

比如:

using (var conn = new SqlConnection("connection string"))
{
   conn.Open();

    // Execute SQL statement here on the connection you created
}

这个SqlConnection将被关闭，而不需要显式地调用. close()函数，并且即使抛出异常也会发生，而不需要try/catch/finally。

因为很多人仍然这样做:

using (System.IO.StreamReader r = new System.IO.StreamReader(""))
using (System.IO.StreamReader r2 = new System.IO.StreamReader("")) {
   //code
}

我想很多人仍然不知道你可以做到:

using (System.IO.StreamReader r = new System.IO.StreamReader(""), r2 = new System.IO.StreamReader("")) {
   //code
}

大括号之外的所有内容都将被处理，因此如果您不使用对象，则可以对它们进行处理。这是因为如果你有一个SqlDataAdapter对象，你在应用程序生命周期中只使用它一次，你只填充一个数据集，你不再需要它，你可以使用以下代码:

using(SqlDataAdapter adapter_object = new SqlDataAdapter(sql_command_parameter))
{
   // do stuff
} // here adapter_object is disposed automatically