Why is typeof needed?

Question

Something I\'ve been thinking about from time to time: Why is the typeof operator needed in C#? Doesn\'t the compiler know that public class Animal is a type ju

Answer 1

typeof(Class) is the only way to express Type as a literal. When you write Class.SomeField you mean static field. When you write typeof(Class).SomeField you reference field of object of class Type that represents your class.