Can't create and initialize list (or hashtable) in one statement...?!

[Big Bird]

System.Collecti ons.Hashtable h = new System.Collecti ons.Hashtable() {
null };

Complains about ";" being expected after '()'.

Using Visual Studio 2005. What's going on?

[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

Re: Can't create and initialize list (or hashtable) in one statement...?!

Big Bird wrote:

System.Collecti ons.Hashtable h = new System.Collecti ons.Hashtable() {
null };
>
Complains about ";" being expected after '()'.
>
Using Visual Studio 2005. What's going on?

for a list, you can do this:

List<Tlist = new List<T>(new T[] { elem1, elem2, elem3, elem4 });