3.5 SP1. Just copied it over to VS2010 (why haven't i upgraded yet!?) and it worked like you said.
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Minutillo Sent: Thursday, 12 August 2010 6:50 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: converting List<T> into IEnumerable<InterfaceT> Hi Wal, What version of the framework are you using. In .NET 4, both work fine. Regards, Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge Blog: http://wolfbyte-net.blogspot.com On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Wallace Turner <w.tur...@fex.com.au> wrote: Hi, Assume the class definitions interface IOrder { } class Order : IOrder { } I understand why this doesn't compile: var list = new List<Order>(); IEnumerable<IOrder> iOrders = list; //IEnumerable<IOrder> not same type as List<Order>! So using that logic, can't understand why this *does* compile: var arr = new Order[0]; IEnumerable<IOrder> iOrders = arr; //IEnumerable<IOrder> assignable from Order[] ? Cheers, Wal
