Special-purpose tuple for returning both a value and status from a function in C#

RT.ResultT.cs

namespace RT {

	/// <summary>
	/// Generic, yet more expressive mechanism for returning both a value and a status from a function.
	/// Nothing earth-shattering, just syntactic sugar and logic to create an immutable struct with 
	/// minimal effort.
	/// 
	/// Usage:
	///		return Result<foo>.Succeeded(myFoo);	// returned foo is good
	///		return Result<foo>.Failed();			// unsuccessful, no foo to return
	///		return Result<foo>.Failed(badFoo);		// unsuccessful, but there is a foo to return
	/// 
	/// Static members on generic types are usually discouraged because they require specifying the type
	/// when called, but these are simply replacing the need for a constructor, which does the same.
	/// </summary>
	public struct Result<T> {
	
		public T Value { get; private set; }	
		public bool Success { get; private set; }

		public static Result<T> Succeeded(T returnValue) {
			return new Result<T> { Value = returnValue, Success = true };
		}

		public static Result<T> Failed(T returnValue = default(T)) {
			return new Result<T> { Value = returnValue } ;
		}

	}

}