Generic extension method returning IEnumerable<T> without using reflection
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Consider this snippet of code:
public static class MatchCollectionExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<T> AsEnumerable<T>(this MatchCollection mc)
    {
        return new T[mc.Count];
    }
}
And this class:
public class Ingredient
{
    public String Name { get; set; }
}
Is there any way to magically transform a MatchCollection object to a collection of Ingredient? The use-case would look something like this:
var matches = new Regex("([a-z])+,?").Matches("tomato,potato,carrot");
var ingredients = matches.AsEnumerable<Ingredient>();
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