Covariance huh. Thanks for that too, new word to google. Have read it in a
couple blogs but it never sunk in.
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From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt
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Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Method that returns List<BaseClass>
On 12/14/07, Ron Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is the following possible? The compiler tells me no:
>
> public List<Report> GetReports()
> {
> List<ReportA> reports = new List<ReportA>();
> reports.Add(new Report());
> return reports;
> }
Covariance is not supported for generics in C#, though I think the
underlying CLR does actually allow it.
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Curt Hagenlocher
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