Question

using System;
using System.Reflection;

namespace App
{
  public class A<T>
  {
    public WonderfulClass<T> field;
  }

  public class WonderfulClass<T> { }

  class Programm
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      Type t = typeof(A<>);

      Type t1 = t.GetField("field").FieldType;
      Type t2 = typeof(WonderfulClass<>);

      //Why t1 and t2 are different?
      Console.WriteLine(t1 == t2 ? "Equal" : "Not Equal");
    }
  }
}

Answer 1

If you inspect the properties, you will notice:

t2.IsGenericTypeDefinition
true
t1.IsGenericTypeDefinition
false

Hence while t2 is an actual definition, t1 has already have it’s generic type parameter applied.

Note the following:

t1.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == t2
true