Questions tagged [cil-metadata]

In C++, you can write code like this: template T Add(T lhs, T rhs) { return lhs + rhs; } But, you can't do something like this in C#: public static T Add(T x, T y) where T : operator+ { return x + y; } Is there any reason why?…

In C++, the template declarations need to be in a header file (unless you explicitly declare the template type), and I see understand why. What I don't get is how the C# compiler can handle generics if it doesn't have the .cs file to examine. I…