[ADVANCED-DOTNET] Strange behavior with method overload resolution

[Sébastien Lorion]

The following program outputs:

in Parse, type='System.Int32'
in Parse<T>, T='System.Object'

Is this behavior intended and if yes, why ? I would expect a compile error.



using System;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      object value;
      Parser.TryParse(typeof(int), "1", out value);

      Console.ReadLine();
    }
  }

  class Parser
  {
    public static bool TryParse<T>(string input, out T value)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("in Parse<T>, T='{0}'", typeof(T));

      value = default(T);
      return true;
    }

    public static bool TryParse(Type type, string input, out object value)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("in Parse, type='{0}'", type);

      return TryParse(input, out value);
    }
  }
}

-- 
Sébastien
www.sebastienlorion.com

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