generic NOT constraint where T : !IEnumerable

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Cel picture Cel · Jan 4, 2012 · Viewed 15.4k times · Source

As per the title, is it possible to declare type-negating constraints in c# 4 ?

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Jon Skeet picture Jon Skeet · Jan 4, 2012

No - there's no such concept either in C# or in the CLR.

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