Talk:Covariant return type

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Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I think this is wrong: the overriding return type must be a sub-type of the original type, not any related type, or usually subtype. Always a subtype. That's why it is called covariant. Or am I mistaken? Jirka6 (talk) 13:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

The facts have changed since the introduction of generics in C#. edit

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article shall be updated for consistency with this other article: Covariance and contravariance_(computer science)#Generic types

67.201.57.5 (talk) 21:49, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

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