Code Generators or T4 Templates, are they really evil?

Question

I have heard people state that Code Generators and T4 templates should not be used. The logic behind that is that if you are generating code with a generator then there is a bet

Answer 1

You can do new T(); if you do this

public class Meh
  where T : new()
{
  public static T CreateOne()
  {
    return new T();
  }
}

As for code-generators. I use one every day without any problems. I'm using one right now in fact :-)

Generics solve one problem, code-generators solve another. For example, creating a business model using a UML editor and then generating your classes with persistence code as I do all of the time using this tool couldn't be achieved with generics, because each persistent class is completely different.

As for a good source on generics. The best has got to be Jon Skeet's book of course! :-)