[nem-bug] [Nemerle 0001017]: cast null to 'new' generic parameter

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED.
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<http://nemerle.org/bugs/view.php?id=1017> 
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Reported By:                divan
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Nemerle
Issue ID:                   1017
Category:                   Compiler (type engine)
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             05-19-2007 13:46 CEST
Last Modified:              05-19-2007 13:46 CEST
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Summary:                    cast null to 'new' generic parameter
Description: 
Following doesn't compile unless cast is uncommented.

public class A [T] where T : new ()
{
 public f () : T 
 {
  null // :> T
 }
}
()

Error is: expected T.902, got System.Object+ in function return value: the
`null' literal is not a valid value of type T.902

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Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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05-19-07 13:46 divan          New Issue                                    
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