C#•3y ago

❔ Generics and nullable types

This snippet below results in an error

class Foo<T>
{
    T? _foo;

    Foo()
    {
        _foo = null; // Error here
    }
}

class Foo<T>
{
    T? _foo;

    Foo()
    {
        _foo = null; // Error here
    }
}

class Foo<T>
{
    T? _foo;

    Foo()
    {
        _foo = null; // Error here
    }
}

class Foo<T>
{
    T? _foo;

    Foo()
    {
        _foo = null; // Error here
    }
}

Cannot convert null to type parameter 'T' because it could be a value type. Consider using 'default(T)' instead.

I don't really understand the error. I thought the type of

_foo

_foo

_foo

_foo was

T?

T?

T?

T?, not

T

T.