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Ruin - 04 Mar 2006 13:16 GMT
Hello,
i can use this chunk of code to constraint type T only to value types:
public class Test<T> where T : struct {...}
Is there a possibility to constraint type T only to number types (int,
float, decimal, etc.)?
Thanks
Jon Skeet [C# MVP] - 04 Mar 2006 13:52 GMT
> i can use this chunk of code to constraint type T only to value types:
> public class Test<T> where T : struct {...}
> Is there a possibility to constraint type T only to number types (int,
> float, decimal, etc.)?

No - there's nothing which particularly denotes numeric types.

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Michael D. Ober - 04 Mar 2006 15:27 GMT
Unfortunately dotNet doesn't have CLU's constraining clauses which require
the allowed T classes have certain methods or properties.

You could mimic this at runtime in the constructor by using reflection, but
it's not a compile time feature.

Mike Ober.

> > i can use this chunk of code to constraint type T only to value types:
> > public class Test<T> where T : struct {...}
> > Is there a possibility to constraint type T only to number types (int,
> > float, decimal, etc.)?
>
> No - there's nothing which particularly denotes numeric types.
Nick Hounsome - 04 Mar 2006 17:44 GMT
> Hello,
> i can use this chunk of code to constraint type T only to value types:
> public class Test<T> where T : struct {...}
> Is there a possibility to constraint type T only to number types (int,
> float, decimal, etc.)?
> Thanks

No.

(You will have to use method overloading to do any sort of "generic"
computation)

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