title: What other neat tricks does the SpecialNameAttribute allow?
body: <p>In researching <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13259162/vb-net-power-operator-overloading-from-c-sharp">a question</a> on implementing the Visual Basic Power (<code>^</code>) operator, I learned that the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.SpecialNameAttribute.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>System.Runtime.CompilerServices.SpecialNameAttribute</code></a> class allows one to implement this operator in C# for use in VB.</p>
  
  <p>Interestingly, the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.SpecialNameAttribute.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">documentation</a> states:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The <strong>SpecialNameAttribute</strong> class is not currently used in the .NET Framework, but is reserved for future use.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>My question is:  What other neat tricks are available when using this attribute? </p>
  
  <p>(side question - is the documentation inaccurate or is this a semantic issue since the attribute is apparently used by the <em>compiler</em> but not the <em>framework</em>?)</p>