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C# 2.0 question about generic type parameter constructor-constraint

What if I have some special constructors and do not have a default
constructor. It seems to be very useful when I do not want to forget to
initialize some fields properly. As I have understood classes with no
default constructor can not be arguments of generic types. Why I can not
specify "new ( smth. )" as a constraint of a generic parameter? Or may be
the document http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/language misses this
case?
Nov 15 '05 #1
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Default constructors are only required if you specify the "new" constraint -
ou don't need them for generics in general.

We didn't add more complex constraints for constructors because we didn't
think the added utility was worth the additional complexity

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Eric Gunnerson

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What if I have some special constructors and do not have a default
constructor. It seems to be very useful when I do not want to forget to
initialize some fields properly. As I have understood classes with no
default constructor can not be arguments of generic types. Why I can not
specify "new ( smth. )" as a constraint of a generic parameter? Or may be
the document http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/language misses this
case?

Nov 15 '05 #2

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