Re: generics - constraint

Michael Moreno <abc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
No, I think the best you can do is write a static constructor that
checks typeof(T) and throws an exception if it isn't int, float, or
double.

Thanks. Generics are very limited then because you cannot perform any
operator >, <, +, -, *, / in the code.
I hope they will fix that!

There are workarounds already. Have a look at
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/genericnumerics.asp
for more information.

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