Keith Dahlby

For what it's worth, a solution to the deferred disposal problem can be found here: Using IDisposables with LINQ. The filestream example would look like this:

IEnumerable<string> lines =
    from fs in new Stream("...").Use()
    from l in fs.ReadLines()
    where l.Length > 256
    select l;

foreach(var l in lines)
{
    // fs will be disposed with the enumerator
}

The same approach can be used with a delegate to defer creation as well as disposal: () => new Stream("..."). A use keyword, a la F#, would be even better.