Enum.GetValues() Return Type

Question

I have read documentation that states that ‘given the type of the enum, the GetValues() method of System.Enum will return an array of the given enum\'s base type’ ie int, by

Answer 1

Similar to Joel's Answer but done a slight different way:

public static class Enums
  where T : struct, IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible
{
  static Enums()
  {
    if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
      throw new ArgumentException("Type T must be an Enum type");  
  }

  public static IEnumerable GetValues()
  {
    var result = ((T[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)).ToList()

    return result;
  }
}

Usage:

IEnumerable styles = Enums.GetValues();