Cannot implicitly convert type 'Int' to 'T'

Question

I can call Get(Stat); or Get(Name);

But when compiling I get:

Cannot implicitly convert typ

Answer 1

Actually, you can just convert it to object and then to T.

T var = (T)(object)42;

An example for bool:

public class Program
{
    public static T Foo()
    {
        if(typeof(T) == typeof(bool)) {
            return (T)(object)true;
        }

        return default(T);
    }

    public static void Main()
    {
        bool boolValue = Foo(); // == true
        string stringValue = Foo(); // == null
    }
}

Sometimes, this behavior is desirable. For instance, when implementing or overriding a generic method from a base class or interface and you want to add some different functionalities based on the T type.