Question

I noticed, as well as saw in the Essential C# 3.0 book, that paramters are usually defined as T or TEntity

For example:

public class Stack<T> {   } 

or

public class EntityCollection<TEntity> {   } 

How do you decide which name to use?

Thanks

Answer 1

Here is my set of rules

• If there is one parameter, I name it T
• If there is more than one parameter, I pick a meaningful name and prefix with T. For example TKey, TValue

For a semi-official opinion, it’s worth looking at the framework design guidelines on the subject:

• http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2005/12/02/497340.aspx