Question

The MSDN docs say List collections derive from:

System.Collections.Generic.List

But when I pull up .NET Reflector 6 this is what I see in System.Collections.Generic:

BitHelper

ISet

LinkedList

LinkedListNode

Queue

SortedDictionary

…

But no List.

If I right-click on System.Collections.Generic and then on “Search MSDN” it lists all of the generic classes and includes List.

But I don’t see List in .Net Reflector.

Where can I find it?

Answer 1

LinkedList<T> and the other classes you mention are in the System.dll assembly. List<T> is in mscorlib. All are in the System.Collections.Generic namespace.

Make sure to browse to the System.Collections.Generic namespace section within mscorlib, not System.

You can see this on MSDN’s page for List<T> right under the namespace definition:

Namespace: System.Collections.Generic

Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

However, LinkedList<T>, for example, shows:

Namespace: System.Collections.Generic

Assembly: System (in System.dll)

(Note that you can also search for the type in Reflector, which will cause it to be found correctly…)