[Version 9.0] Feature support for covariant return types#1462
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[Version 9.0] Feature support for covariant return types#1462RexJaeschke wants to merge 7 commits intodraft-v9from
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@jskeet This is ready for a first read. |
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The parts about searching through classes and interfaces have lost me, but I suspect that's just my lack of concentration rather than a fault.
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I still need to investigate bullet 3 in Rex's notes above. For bullet 4: This breaking change wasn't implemented. Rather, covariant return types on implicit interface implementations isn't supported (including by derived interfaces). |
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This PR is my formal version of the corresponding MS spec.
The following issues are yet not handled by this PR and need to be addressed: