[Mono-list] Crazy generic dictionary?

Robert Jordan robertj at gmx.net
Sat Sep 29 17:24:06 EDT 2007


Andrés G. Aragoneses [ knocte ] wrote:
> Today I've come out with this wish:
> 
> Dictionary<typeof(T), List<T>> InternalCollection;
> 
> 
> Of course, the compiler tells me an error, but I would want to know if I 
> can make this kind of collection with C# generics, in order to obtain 
> syntatic sugar and type safety, I mean:
> 
> //compilation should succeed only if oMyObj is TypeX:T
> InternalCollection.Add(typeof(TypeX), oMyObj);
> 
> Any thoughts?

class FooDictionary<T> : Dictionary<System.Type, T>
{
	public void Add (T t)
	{
		this [typeof(T)] = t;
	}
}

Robert



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