Additionally, Nullable<T> == null syntax is, IIRC, syntactic sugar for
Nullable<T>.HasValue.

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:13 AM, David Pfeffer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nullable<T> is defined as a struct, a value type.
>
> [SerializableAttribute]
> public struct Nullable<T>
> where T : struct, new()
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b3h38hb0.aspx
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Patrick Earl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I don't get it.  Nullable<T> is a reference type.  This works for me:
>>
>>             ParameterExpression param = Expression.Parameter(typeof(int?),
>> "hi");
>>             Expression expr = Expression.NotEqual(param,
>> Expression.Constant(null));
>>             var r1 = Expression.Lambda<Func<int?, bool>>(expr,
>> param).Compile().Invoke(3);
>>             var r2 = Expression.Lambda<Func<int?, bool>>(expr,
>> param).Compile().Invoke(null);
>>
>> Am I totally missing something?
>>
>>         Patrick Earl
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Wenig, Stefan <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>  silly wording. forget the tree, you just can't create the expression.
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> *From:* [email protected] [
>>> [email protected]] on behalf of Wenig, Stefan [
>>> [email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 07, 2010 16:41
>>>
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* RE: [nhibernate-development] Fwd: NHibernate 3 GA, Linq and
>>> VB.NET
>>>
>>>   Unfortunately no, an expression tree can't contain an expression that
>>> compares an Nullable<T> to null (value type vs. reference type).
>>>
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> *From:* [email protected] [
>>> [email protected]] on behalf of Patrick Earl [
>>> [email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 07, 2010 16:11
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* Re: [nhibernate-development] Fwd: NHibernate 3 GA, Linq and
>>> VB.NET
>>>
>>>  Could not HasValue be transformed to !=null by ReLinq?
>>>
>>>        Patrick Earl
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Wenig, Stefan 
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  James has posted on nhusers, I took it here. If he tries, it should
>>>> resolve the problems with VB-specific string comparisons. Null handling
>>>> needs to be supported by code in NH.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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