How to name C# source files for generic classes

Question

I am trying to stick to general naming conventions such as those described in Design Guidelines for Developing Class Libraries. I put every type into its own source file (an

Answer 1

In the CoreFX GitHub repository, Microsoft is following the back-tick convention described in Matthias Jakobsson's answer:

So basically:

class ImmutableArray { }                      // ImmutableArray.cs
class ImmutableArray { }                   // ImmutableArray`1.cs
...
class ImmutableDictionary { }   // ImmutableDictionary`2.cs

And for classes defined inside other classes, the name is composed by the outer class followed by + and by the name of the inner class (Outer+Inner.cs):

partial class ImmutableArray               // ImmutableArray`1+Builder.cs
{
    class Builder { }
}