MVC2, .NET4/C#4 optional parameters and Controller constructors

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Published on 2010-03-11T03:07:15Z Indexed on 2010/03/11 17:19 UTC
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I am a big fan of optional parameters in C#4 but am having an issue with MVC when I use them in my controller constructors. For example, if I have a single constructor:

public TestController(sting a = "") { /* blah */ }

MVC has a fit saying that there are no parameterless constructors for TestController.

How can I get around this?

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