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lorentz15088164d1. why would you do this
2. why not take 5 steps back and do something that doesn't need reflection when you're about to write this
3. why not NAME THE FUCKING TYPE IN THE MESSAGE -
lorentz15088164d- parent class has no parameterless ctor
- descendants must have parameterless ctor
I am forced to pass null to a parameter that is not explicitly documented as nullable. I'm gonna set something on fire and you best hope it's a cigarette. -
donkulator2473164dNot naming things in error messages seems to be some kind of principled stance for some people.
Non-nullable reference types in C# are an abomination and should have been strangled at birth. -
donkulator2473164d@lorentz Why stop at nulls? Should Math.Sqrt(x) require a non-negative double instead of just a double?
Maybe if the language was designed from the ground up to support constraints like that, it wouldn't be too bad. But non-nullable reference types in C# have been bodged on over the top and are just confusing. -
lorentz15088164d@donkulator Arguably container-style Option would've been a better choice because it works better with generics, but I think null is a big enough problem that a solution that works most of the time is still desirable.
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