cs7003 unexpected use of an unbound generic name

Question

I'm getting this error in Visual Studio:

Error CS7003 Unexpected use of an unbound generic name MyProject C:\Users[myname]\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects....\Index.cshtml 1

The offending file is right here (line 1 error is the reference to the model declaration):

@model MyProject.Models.MyAccount.Details
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_PrimaryLayout.cshtml";
}
<!-- Page Content -->
<div class="container">
.... more page stuff follows from here

The model class is as follows:

namespace MyProject.Models.MyAccount
{
    public class Details
    {
        public static Details Select(Company c)
        {
            Details model = new Details();
            model.SomeProperty = "SomeValue";


            return model;
        }

        public String SomeProperty { get; set; }
    }
}

The weird thing is that cleans don't make it go away, rebuilds leave it there, and I build/debug just fine.

Answer 1

It took shutting down Visual Studio and restarting for the error to clear. Subsequent rebuilds do not produce the error.

Answer 2

Just cut the line @model and save, then paste it again and save, it should be gone.

Answer 3

I made a mistake that took me quite a while to see. I created a generic method:

public static T MyMethod<T>() { ... }

By mistake, I wrote in my code

var something = MyMethod<>();

It compiled but at runtime it threw the error "unexpected use of an unbound generic name".

If ever you made the same mistake, you might try to search "<>" in your code...