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What I want to do is something like this: I have enums with combined flagged values. public static class EnumExtension { public static bool IsSet<T>( this T input, T matchTo ) ...

Possible Duplicate: Enum type constraints in C# Is it possible to use enum types as a generic paramter by using its wrapper class Enum? I have different enums: enum errors1 { E1, E3, E8 }; enum ...

Possible Duplicate: Create Generic method constraining T to an Enum Enum type constraints in C# Consider the following class: public class Transition<TState> { public Transition () ...

Possible Duplicate: Enum type constraints in C# Could somebody kindly explain to me with a simple sample and simple words why enum constraints are not allowed on a generic type i.e. What would ...

What is, in your opinion, the most surprising, weird, strange or really "WTF" language feature you have encountered? Please only one feature per answer.

Similar to Cast int to enum in C# but my enum is a Generic Type parameter. What is the best way to handle this? Example: private T ConvertEnum<T>(int i) where T : struct, IConvertible { ...

I'm writing an utility function that gets a integer from the database and returns a typed enum to the application. Here is what I tried to do (note I pass in a data reader and column name instead of ...

Possible Duplicate: C# generic constraint for only integers Greets! I'm attempting to set up a Cartesian coordinate system in C#, but I don't want to restrict myself to any one numerical type for ...

... with all those new (and not so new if we count IEnumerable) monad-related stuff? interface IMonad<T> { SelectMany/Bind(); Return/Unit(); } That would allow to write functions that ...

Say I have an enum something like: enum OrderStatus { AwaitingAuthorization, InProduction, AwaitingDespatch } I've also created an extension method on my enum to tidy up the displayed ...

Update: See the bottom of this question for a C# workaround. Hi there, Consider the following extension method: public static bool HasFlags<T>(this T value, T flags) where T : System.Enum { ...

First things off, I had no idea what to title this question - I'm even confused how to state it. Now for the question. Let's take the System.IO.FileSystemWatcher class where you set it's ...

How do I convert from enums to strings and vice versa? And taking the case that enums can contain multiple flags, how can I get a list of all the flags an enum contains?

I would like to declare in a parent abstract class something along the lines of: public abstract void RefreshDisplay<TView>(Enum value); Which would then be implemented in the child class ...

I would like to have a method that will parse from a nullable database column an enum. I wrote this method below (and had to restrict T to a struct to make it compile). It does compile, but I believe ...