[nem-en] void as type parameter

[Kamil Skalski]

Well, last time we checked .NET 2.0 verifier complained that void
cannot be used as generic argument. I guess it also failed in runtime
if one used that.

See
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=94226

2007/7/1, Sandro Magi <smagi at higherlogics.com>:
> Dmitry Ivankov wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On 7/1/07, *Elifant* <elifantu at mail.ru <mailto:elifantu at mail.ru>> wrote:
> >
> >     I know that 'void' was disabled to be used as type parameter some time
> >     ago. But I can't find
> >     corresponding discussion. Can you give me a link?
> >
> > It's just because current .Net denies void as parameter.
> > And so we have separate internal function types for void cases :(
> >
> > Don't know if there was discussion earlier..
> > Maybe it is a good idea to have some standard pseudo void type.
>
> This works well actually, and I use it in my FP# library where I have
> Unit as an empty struct:
>
> http://fpsharp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fpsharp/trunk/FP.Types/Unit.cs?view=markup
>
> The JIT should be able to optimize this somewhat, but I haven't
> performed any benchmarks to test the costs.
>
> Sandro
>
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