C# Generics won't allow Delegate Type Constraints

Question

Is it possible to define a class in C# such that

class GenericCollection : SomeBaseCollection where T : Delegate

I couldn

Answer 1

If you are willing to take a compile time dependency on an IL Weaver you can do this with Fody.

Using this addin to Fody https://github.com/Fody/ExtraConstraints

Your code can look like this

public class Sample
{
    public void MethodWithDelegateConstraint<[DelegateConstraint] T> ()
    {        
    }
    public void MethodWithEnumConstraint<[EnumConstraint] T>()
    {
    }
} 

And be compiled to this

public class Sample
{
    public void MethodWithDelegateConstraint() where T: Delegate
    {
    }

    public void MethodWithEnumConstraint() where T: struct, Enum
    {
    }
}