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C# Language: generics, open/closed, bound/unbound, constructed
While doing some stuff with reflection in C#, I’ve noticed that some types have the type definition e.g.
Foo<,>
What is the official term for this notation?
Type names which are missing generic parameters such as
List<>are referred to as unbound generic types. This question has a good summary of unbound generic types as well as some related terminology.Depending on what context you are describing these types, some other terminology may be used. The C# specification uses the term “unbound generic type” to refer to something like
T<>. The .Net framework seems to prefer the terms “generic type definition” (as dasblinkenlight pointed out, see alsoType.GetGenericTypeDefinition()) or “open generic type” (see this article).