Is there a constraint that restricts my generic method to numeric types?

Question

Can anyone tell me if there is a way with generics to limit a generic type argument T to only:

• Int16
• Int32

Answer 1

What is the point of the exercise?

As people pointed out already, you could have a non-generic function taking the largest item, and compiler will automatically convert up smaller ints for you.

static bool IntegerFunction(Int64 value) { }

If your function is on performance-critical path (very unlikely, IMO), you could provide overloads for all needed functions.

static bool IntegerFunction(Int64 value) { }
...
static bool IntegerFunction(Int16 value) { }