That's not what I meant. Activator.CreateInstance() should check for generic types and not allow instantiation. I don't see any problem with Main living in a generic class, it's perfectly consistent with the way statics are treated.
Regards, Jeroen > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of the Rotor Shared Source CLI > implementation [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Dave Berry (Independent Contractor) > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 14:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET-ROTOR] Another Gyro question > > > That's a good point: Main() should only be defined in non-generic > classes. The system should check for this, but currently this check > isn't implemented. > > Dave. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeroen Frijters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 05 September 2002 12:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET-ROTOR] Another Gyro question > > Given the following code: > class Test<T> > { > public static void Main() > { > > System.Console.WriteLine(System.Activator.CreateInstance(typeo > f(Test<obj > ect>).GetGenericType())); > } > } > > This creates an instance of the generic type. I don't think > this should > be possible. Also, wouldn't it be a good idea to have typeof(Test) > return the generic type? > > Regards, > Jeroen >
