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Crezusem ca generics == templates ( iata ca sctiu in C# si nu in vb … mda)
Dar se pare ca nu ..
http://blogs.msdn.com/branbray/archive/2003/11/19/51023.aspx
Iata si o comparatie copiata de la linkul de mai sus :
| Generics | Templates | |
| Constraint mechanism | Subtype constraints | Lazy structural constraints |
| Allows explicit specialization | No | Yes |
| Allows partial specialization | No | Yes |
| Type identity of specialization | Globally unique | Unique to each assembly |
| Cross language facility | Yes | No |
| Allowed parameters | Ref class, value class only | All types and non-type |
| Name lookup and binding | At definition, to constraints | At specialization, to type |