Most important things about C# generics… lesson learned [closed]

Answer 1

Each specialization of a generic type is treated as a unique type when it comes to things like static members. For example, with this type:

class GenericType
{
    public static int SomeValue;
}

The assert succeeds if we do this:

GenericType.SomeValue = 3;
Debug.Assert(GenericType.SomeValue == 0);

This is because:

typeof(GenericType) != typeof(GenericType)

Even though

typeof(GenericType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(GenericType).GetGenericTypeDefinition()