Generics, comparing (T == null)

I made a class using generics and I have a method like this

public bool Insert(T Item)
{
if (T == null)
{
throw new System.Exception();
}
// other code goes here
}

So if my T is a struct, will the compiler still generate the code to compare T to null or not

John Shuttleworth
Marking as answer. (Conclusion: use item == null, compiler evals to false for value types, and subsequently optimizes it away).
FernanPa
That was my assumption too - in fact, I didn't even notice that typo until you pointed it out
Dundealing
Surely that should be: "if (item==null)"
emkay
Yes, but it will always evaluate to false for value types.

HTH,
Kent
Larry Beck

sorry for the typo...

I know it does generate (Item == null) in PE format, but will it still be there after the compiler produces native code It seems that the compiler could do some optimizations by eliminating the comparison for structs.
Generics, comparing (T == null)