Why doesn't unregistering an anonymous delegate trigger an error?

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1

If you test it, you will see that it doesn't do anything. Why is it even permitted?

using UnityEngine;

public class LogItInAwake : MonoBehaviour {

delegate void EventHandler ();
EventHandler LogIt;

void Awake () {
    LogIt += () => Debug.Log("It");
    LogIt -= () => Debug.Log("It");
    LogIt();
}

}
2

You can unregister any delegate without getting an error, whether it is named or not or registered or not. (Why, I don't know, possibly for efficiency reasons or simply because it is not required by the C# standard).

By holding a reference to the delegate, you can successfully unregister it:

using UnityEngine;

public class LogItInAwake : MonoBehaviour
{    
    delegate void EventHandler();
    EventHandler LogIt;

    void Awake()
    {
        EventHandler x = () => Debug.Log("It");

        LogIt += x;
        LogIt -= x;

        LogIt();
    }    
}

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