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

As mentioned above, you cannot have Delegates and Enum as a generic constraint. System.Object and System.ValueType also cannot be used as a generic constraint.

The work around can be if you construct an appropriate call in you IL. It will work fine.

Here is a good example by Jon Skeet.

http://code.google.com/p/unconstrained-melody/

I have taken my references from Jon Skeet's book C# in Depth, 3rd edition.