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Linq type conversion on generic types
public GridBindingData GetSomething() {

DataTable dt = GetDatatable();

var columns = dt.Columns.Cast<System.Data.DataColumn>();

var data = dt.AsEnumerable()
    .Select(r => columns.Select(c => new { Column = c.ColumnName, Value = r[c] })
    .ToDictionary(i => i.Column, i => i.Value != System.DBNull.Value ? i.Value : null))
    .ToList<object>();

return new GridBindingData() { Data = data , Count = dt.Rows.Count };
}

List<object> newdata = (List<object>)data.AsEnumerable().Cast<object>();

var data = dt.AsEnumerable()
    .Select(r => columns.Select(c => new { Column = c.ColumnName, Value = r[c] })
    .ToDictionary(i => i.Column, i => i.Value != System.DBNull.Value ? i.Value : null))
    .Cast<object>()
    .ToList();

csharp> new Dictionary<string, string> { {"key","value"} }.ToList().Cast<object>();
{ [key, value] }

csharp> new Dictionary<string, string> { {"key","value"} }.Cast<object>().ToList();
{ [key, value] }

data = dt.AsEnumerable()
    .Select(r => columns.Select(c => new { Column = c.ColumnName, Value = r[c] })
    .ToDictionary(i => i.Column, i => i.Value != System.DBNull.Value ? i.Value : null))
    .Select(x => (object)x)
    .ToList();

data = dt.AsEnumerable()
    .Select(r => columns.Select(c => new { Column = c.ColumnName, Value = r[c] })
    .ToDictionary(i => i.Column, i => i.Value != System.DBNull.Value ? i.Value : null))
    .Select(x => (object)x.Value)
    .ToList();