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Using a List<> generic as a method return type

A simple code example is easier than trying to describe the issue. I
have:

public class myClassA
{
Aug 13 '08
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Rick Lones wrote:
Jeroen Mostert wrote:
<snip>
>Again, it all just goes to show you that minimal complete examples are
not optional in these cases...

Hmm - the OP never did come back with a complete example, so it seems
like you may have shown the reverse, actually . . .
If all you care about is the solution, yes. A *speedy* solution, on the
other hand... In this case we just got lucky that the problem was simple
enough to diagnose by exhaustion. Generally, trying to guess what someone's
code might be doing wrong if they don't show it is nigh impossible.

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J.
Aug 14 '08 #11
Jeroen Mostert <jm******@xs4al l.nlwrote:
If all you care about is the solution, yes. A *speedy* solution, on the
other hand... In this case we just got lucky that the problem was simple
enough to diagnose by exhaustion. Generally, trying to guess what someone's
code might be doing wrong if they don't show it is nigh impossible.
Although psychic debugging is always amusing:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/ar...bugging/defaul
t.aspx

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