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Simulated Covariance for .NET Generics

I just wrote this pattern, but I am not sure if I should add it officially to the Framework Design Guidelines. It seems like a bit of a corner case scenario, though I do get questions about it from time to time. Anyway, let me know what you think. Different Read More...

Posted 02 April 08 08:00 by kcwalina | 18 Comments   
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Why we don’t recommend using List<T> in public APIs

We don’t recommend using List<T> in public APIs for two reasons. List<T> is not designed to be extended. i.e. you cannot override any members. This for example means that an object returning List<T> from a property won’t be able to get Read More...

Posted 26 September 05 12:35 by kcwalina | 28 Comments   
Filed under Design Guidelines, System.Collections, General API Design

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