ambiguous/conflicting constructors in generic class

Question

I\'ve got a generic class:

public class BaseFieldValue
{
    public BaseFieldValue()
    {
        //...
    }

    public BaseFieldValue(string val         


        

Answer 1

Couldn't make Type Contraints do what I wanted, so my workaround is removing the ambiguous constructor while retaining the special case for string:

public class BaseFieldValue
{
    public BaseFieldValue()
    {
        //...
    } 

    public BaseFieldValue(T value) 
    {
        //however many things you need to test for here
        if (typeof(T) == typeof(string))
        {
            SpecialBaseFieldValue(value.ToString());
        }
        else
        {
            //everything else
        }
        //...
    }

    private void SpecialBaseFieldValue(string value)
    {
        //...
    }

}