Re: .NET 2.0 to be launched on Nov 8

On 2005-06-21, Jeroen Vandezande <NoSpam> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, constraints are very important.
>>
>> I do not see the purpose here, with ordinary strong typed containers. And
>> afaik C++ templates are strongtyped if you define your templates properly
>
> First of all I don't use C++, I use generics in Pascal.

(In Pascal.NET)

> Also the .net generics are definable at RUNTIME...

I'm not interested in generics in .NET. Only in native.

> I can do this:

> Function CreateContainer(atype: TClass): List;
> begin
> Result := List<atype>.create;
> end;

This is not runtime. It is anonymous, which is totally different and not
related at all.

It is comparable to

var x : array[0..5] of byte;

vs

type tmytype= array[0..5] of byte;

var x : tmytype;

.

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