Create an anything struct?

Question

I am just doing an experiment if a struct could handle different types in one property.

Is there an alternativ for the var keyword?
https://code.sololearn.com/cUU97Z0RrNKj/?ref=app

Answer 1

Correct! But switching types on the fly is not something you are supposed to do in languages like C#.

Now, C# has `dynamic`, like

struct egal {
public dynamic save;
}

which does what you want but it completely disables the typechecker which can lead to many bugs.

There are usecases for `dynamic` - for example you read a json file in C# and you don't know how it looks like before you read it.

But most of the time generics are a better choice!

Answer 2

You've discovered generics :)

struct egal<T> {
public T save;
}

egal<bool> myegal = new egal<bool>();

Alternatively you can read up on the `dynamic` keyword which can handle different types but that should be used with caution.

Answer 3

I didn't know generics yet, but on the first look I'd guess they can't accept different types after initialisation?